Quote:An essay in the LGBTQ Nation online magazine has hammered Republican members of their tribe, insisting that they vote “against their own community.”

Arguing for unthinking homogenization into a single voting bloc, an essay in the San Francisco-based news magazine calls the existence of LGBTQ Republicans “one of the enduring mysteries in politics.”

In his December 17 essay titled “Why are some LGBTQ people Republicans?” John Gallager says the GOP “caters to the religious right, which is working to roll back LGBTQ rights,” and judges LGBT Republicans traitors to the cause.

One problem is that “gay and lesbian Republicans don’t feel that their sexuality is that big a deal,” Gallagher writes, citing a study by FiveThirtyEight which found that “most LGB Republicans see their sexuality as separate from — or secondary to — their political identity.”

Contrary to gay and bisexual Democrats, who consider their sexual proclivities “a very important aspect” of their identity, a 2020 study from the Williams Institute found that “54 percent of LGB Republicans said their sexual orientation was an ‘insignificant’ part of their identity,” Gallagher writes.

“My sexual orientation being gay is just a tiny part of me and doesn’t really affect where I stand politically,” one respondent told FiveThirtyEight. “I think the Democratic Party tends to pander too much to various groups, and I think we should look at people more as individuals than as part of a group.”

Some LGBs are drawn to the Republican Party because of business and economic issues, Gallagher laments. “But as the party moves away from having any platform at all to simply become a venue for Donald Trump and his grievances, it’s harder to justify support on policy grounds,” he insists.

Interestingly, FiveThirtyEight said that many of the LGB Republicans they talked to said that they felt “personally welcomed as gay or lesbian in Republican circles, while they often felt ostracized as Republicans in LGBTQ circles,” Gallagher notes, with no apparent sense of self-irony.

Indeed, what seems to bother Gallagher is that certain LGBTQ voters thoughtfully weigh a number of issues before casting their votes, instead of voting in lockstep “the way they are supposed to,” an idea similar to Joe Biden’s presumptuous and demeaning 2020 comment that if you fail to support him “you ain’t black.”

It would seem that according to a certain mindset, independent thinking is not a quality to encouraged, but a vice to root out.

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Conservative gay Americans know who they are but don't advertise it.

It’s an unfortunate truth the Left doesn’t see people. What the Left sees is Men, Women, Black, Hispanic, White, Gay, Straight, Rich, Poor, Christian, Atheists,…. Anything they can use to pigeonhole a voter so they can tell the voter what to be afraid of and who is responsible for it.

Unfortunately there are too many of us who don’t recognize this.

Well I can tell you that I don't vote democrat, so they're right as far as I'm concerned.

Didn’t we once have a poster on this board who say gays who did not fall in line with the Left on every issue were not part of the gay community?

Used to know an attorney who was gay. His law partner was straight. The straight guy was Mr. Woke, would drive the gay guy crazy. As he used the fact he liked dudes should not require him to champion abortion, prevent him from owning a firearm, or compel him to pay more in taxes. In fact none of it has to do with any of these things.

(12-18-2021 05:16 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Well I can tell you that I don't vote democrat, so they're right as far as I'm concerned.

and nuts zongo ain’ gay…

we can’t fix WRH-land…

DEMS can't deal with square pegs and round holes...

(12-18-2021 06:20 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  DEMS can't deal with square pegs and round holes...

yet, today’s version is lost to the point of inarguable … I pine for any that doesn’t understand curves and shapes …

geometry, it’s a problem blend for too many…

Call me homophobe, but the Dems can have the gays.

That being said, gay marriage is a done deal & nothing no one can do about it. The Dem talking point Republicans are fighting to get rid of that is nonsense. Trans issues, however, should be fought.

Does the Trump campaign have a "You Ain't Gay" site up yet?

(12-18-2021 06:20 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  DEMS can't deal with square pegs and round holes...

They just need a bigger hammer.

(12-18-2021 07:10 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  Call me homophobe, but the Dems can have the gays.

That being said, gay marriage is a done deal & nothing no one can do about it. The Dem talking point Republicans are fighting to get rid of that is nonsense. Trans issues, however, should be fought.

You know, I don't really even have a problem with trans people per se. It's the insidiousness of trying to convince junior high schoolers that coming out as trans is hip and chic. That is despicable.

I am still disgusted by the thought of two men getting it on with each other but if they are in a loving relationship and they leave their sex lives behind their bedroom door I can at least not engage in persecuting them simply for being gay.

My bottom line is I don't care what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their own homes as long as they are not hurting anyone else.

On a related note the most commonly used pickup line in a gay bar is "may I push your stool in"?