A few days ago they reported at Kos that a bunch of gay Republicans were absolutely delighted that they were going to be allowed to attend the next CPAC conference.
The dispute with GOProud dates back to 2011, when a number of socially conservative groups, including the Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council, objected to the group's involvement and declined to participate. Insults were traded between GOProud leaders and ACU board members, culminating in the group's exclusion.
Two former GOProud summer interns, Ross Hemminger and Matt Bechstein, took over last summer and sought to repair the bitterly frayed relationship. Under a compromise reached last week, they will attend the March 6-8 gathering as guests, without sponsorship or a booth. GOProud sees the lower-profile role as an important first step. (Emphasis mine)
via Daily Kos
Well, that seems fair. Well, really it doesn’t, but in the alternate reality that is Republican thought (an oxymoron, I know) it passes for fairness.
But, if this is true, doesn't it send just a tiny message about where conservatives put gays in the scheme of things:
David Silverman, Amanda Knief, and Dave Muscato are going to be at an American Atheists booth at CPAC, that radical Conservative Political Action Committee meeting all the wingnuts attend.
It’s a cunning trick. If they survive, they know we’re all going to have another reason to attend the convention in Salt Lake City — so that we can take them to a bar and ply them with beverages and get them to tell us all the stories.
via Pharyngula
That's right. If this is true, then the modern day right wing is willing to give a booth to a bunch of godless atheists who are neither conservative nor Republican, but not to self professed Republican conservatives who happen to be gay. There is a lesson to be learned here, but my guess is that Ross and Matt will not learn it. None so blind as those who will not see.
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