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Earlier this year Bryan Fischer denounced Mitt Romney for hiring homocon Richard Grenell as his foreign policy spokesperson. Then after Grenell was fired (resigned, he claims), Fischer denounced Romney for “caving” to his demands. Today Grenell posted the below montage of his cable news appearances, presumably to rustle up a new gig.

“The claim that gays should be barred from conservative activism is not only bigoted but is a bipartisan view. The intolerant assault comes from the far right, who object to Republicans who are gay, and the far left, who object to gays being Republicans. When the extremists on both sides are the only ones speaking up, the majority suffers. [snip] …

Romney says he didn’t pick Grenell because he’s gay and that he’s sorry that Grenell is gone. (Via Think Progress)

“It is amazing how fast our community can forget that it was Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) who resurrected DADT repeal in the 2010 lame duck session, and it was New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R) who fulfilled a promise to Log Cabin Republicans to allow a vote on marriage in the GOP-led chamber. If it is true – …

“It’s sometimes hard to explain to outsiders what level of principle is required to withstand the personal cost of being an out gay Republican. I’ve only ever been a gay conservative (never a Republican), and back in the 1990s, it was brutal living in the gay world and challenging liberal assumptions. I cannot imagine the social isolation of Grenell in …

Signorile nails it. From HuffPo Gay Voices: Actually, I believe this is a big win for progressives and for gay journalists and commentators as well. We drew out the conservative leaders in addition to Fischer, like Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer and other commentators on National Review and Daily Caller, by bringing forth and continually highlighting the true …

Stonewall Democrats Mitt Romney sat silently and let the bigoted wing of his party control his personnel choices. Either Mitt Romney is a coward who is afraid to stand up to the anti-LGBT bullies in his party, or he is fine with an America where LGBT people can have a career only if they’re willing to work quietly from the …

Saying that he was “hounded from the Romney campaign by anti-gay conservatives,” the Washington Post reports today that Richard Grenell has resigned. His resignation letter: I have decided to resign from the Romney campaign as the Foreign Policy and National Security Spokesman. While I welcomed the challenge to confront President Obama’s foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world …

“Like the classic case of the bully who picks on people because he’s afraid, deep down, that he is the one who actually is weak, it appears that these guys beat up others in the community to divert attention from themselves and to show that they’re down with everyone else who’s doing the bashing. In the case of [Richard] Grenell, …

Levin is echoing yesterday’s call by the Vatican for a united ecumenical front against the civil equality of gay Americans.

Yesterday it was also noticed that Grenell has deleted his personal website. “Hmmm.”

From the right wing National Review: Grenell’s being openly gay is, in itself, of no consequence for his service in the Romney campaign. Nor is the fact that he supports same-sex marriage — if, that is, we were assured that this view would have no influence on American foreign policy. But Grenell has made a particular crusade of the marriage …

American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer took to CNN today to continue his campaign against Mitt Romney’s new spokes-quisling, Richard Grenell. Defending Romney was Log Cabin Republicans head R. Clarke Cooper, who actually did rather well when it came to Fischer’s attacks on homosexuality itself. Think Progress has the video.

“I called the RNC this morning, had my producer Jan Bryan call the offices of the Republican National Committee, we need some clarification on this. Where is the Republican Party on the issue of homosexual behavior. Do they consider homosexual behavior something that’s healthy or harmful? What is their position on Governor Romney hiring somebody who is a homosexual activist …

After American Family Association douchebag Bryan Fischer slammed Mitt Romney for hiring homocon Richard Grenell, the quislings at GOProud rushed out statements backing the new GOP mouthpiece. “Ric Grennell is the best person for the job. That’s why Governor Romney hired him. Throughout his entire career, Mitt Romney has brought together top talent to tackle the tasks at hand. All …