Knight: Log Cabin Republicans Dis GOP, Bush; Show True Colors

by Bill Fancher and Rusty Pugh
September 14, 2004

(AgapePress) - A pro-family activist says the refusal of the Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual group of GOP supporters, to endorse President Bush proves the group's real agenda.

By a 22-2 vote last week, the board of directors for the Log Cabin Republicans withheld its endorsement of the GOP's presidential candidate, marking the first time the group has taken that stand. The LCR had endorsed Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush four years ago. Patrick Guerriero, LCR executive director, said in a statement the decision was made in response to the White House's decision to "pursue a re-election strategy catered to the radical right."

Specifically, Guerriero noted Bush's "use of the bully pulpit, stump speeches, and radio addresses" to push for a Federal Marriage Amendment that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The LCR spokesman says the president's stance "has encouraged the passage of discriminatory laws and state constitutional amendments" across the country.

Log Cabin political director Chris Barron stated that it is "impossible to overstate the depth and anger and disappointment caused by the president's support for an anti-family constitutional amendment."

Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute says the reaction by the homosexual GOP group is clear evidence it has been lying to the Republican Party.

Bob Knight

"For years, the Log Cabin Republicans have said, 'Oh, this isn't really about our sexuality; we're just good Republicans. Pay no attention to the homosexual aspect.' But then when it turns out that they come up against the president endorsing a Federal Marriage Amendment, they bolt the party [saying] they're not going to vote for the president," Knight says. "This shows that's the only thing of importance to them -- never mind national security, the economy, all the other issues [with which] they say they're in agreement."

Knight, who is scheduled to debate the issue of homosexual marriage in the nation's capital this weekend with a representative of the Human Rights Campaign, is curious to see if the party is consistent in how it responds to dissidents that leave the GOP. He recalls one example in particular.

"When Bob Smith, a life-long Republican from New Hampshire who was a long-time senator, decided to run as an Independent, the GOP establishment turned on him and said [he was] no longer welcome in the party," Knight says.

"I would hope that the 'Bob Smith standard' applies as well to homosexual Republicans who pledge their loyalty and then turn on their president the minute he disagrees with them on one issue of homosexuality."

Knight says the action by the Log Cabin Republicans proves that sex is all that matters to them.

Virginia is for (Heterosexual) Lovers
Meanwhile, homosexual groups may also find that, like the GOP, the State of Virginia is not very hospitable because of that state's proactive moves to protect traditional marriage. Joe Glover, president of the Virginia-based Family Policy Network, says his state has one of the best "anti-gay" marriage laws in the country.

Joe Glover

According to Glover, homosexual groups have even waged a sort of unofficial boycott of the state. The pro-family activist says he finds that "almost comical" because, as a result of the strong law defending traditional marriage, homosexuals from across the country are deciding not to come to Virginia -- which he says is exactly what the state wants them to do.

"Virginia lawmakers have passed a law saying that we don't want gay marriage here," Glover explains. "[Homosexual activists] are almost doing the state a favor in the sense that [first] there are not going to many people around here that want gay marriages -- and secondly, that's got to benefit the public health risk being lower in this area from people who want to perform homosexual sex acts going to other states."

Glover says Virginia is showing the rest of the country that homosexuals who flock to Vermont to get "married" in a civil union will not be welcomed as couples when they return to his state. A federal judge recently upheld Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions by ruling against a lesbian in a child custody case.