By Brad Becker
The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization of LGBTQ Republicans, has announced their endorsement of Donald Trump for re-election in 2020.
According to their website, they describe themselves as “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies.”
This is the same Donald Trump who in addition to all of the non-LGBTQ specific acts he has taken against women, families seeking asylum, caused children to be caged and separated from their families, has also stripped away rules that had enabled our patriotic transgender Americans from serving in the United States military, has directed his administration to work against the rights of people to use the bathroom facilities based on their innate gender, and who chose a Vice-President with a long history of vehemently anti-LGBTQ views, and who’s own wife (Karen Pence) has chosen to work at a school that specifically seeks to exclude LGBTQ students and staff.
So what’s up with Log Cabin? Many members state that even though they are LGBTQ, and believe in equal rights, they support the Republican Party because it believes in smaller taxes, and less government. But if you look at the history of virtually every city and state in the country that has equal rights for LGBTQ people, that legislation was championed by people from political parties OTHER than the Republican Party. In fact, the party to which Log Cabin members belong often bitterly fought to prevent those very equal rights laws from being passed.
Which brings me to the egregious hypocrisy of Log Cabin. While I have asked, and been refused, these statistics before, just how many of Log Cabin members live in big cities and states that have equal protection laws, in spite of the Republican Party? I would venture to say the vast majority.
So to me, it comes down to this. Log Cabin members, for the most part, are saying I want lower taxes, I don’t want government spending my money for things other than the military, and I’ve already got the rights to protect my job and my housing, because of work done in spite of the Republican Party. So I’ve got mine, and screw the rest of you in small-town America that can lose their jobs on a moments notice, simply because of the homophobia of their manager, and there isn’t one law in their locality that can protect them.
So c’mon Log Cabin. Open up your books and show us the percentage of your members, and donors, who already live in places where they are protected, through no help of your own political party.
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The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization of LGBTQ Republicans, has announced their endorsement of Donald Trump for re-election in 2020.
According to their website, they describe themselves as “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies.”
This is the same Donald Trump who in addition to all of the non-LGBTQ specific acts he has taken against women, families seeking asylum, caused children to be caged and separated from their families, has also stripped away rules that had enabled our patriotic transgender Americans from serving in the United States military, has directed his administration to work against the rights of people to use the bathroom facilities based on their innate gender, and who chose a Vice-President with a long history of vehemently anti-LGBTQ views, and who’s own wife (Karen Pence) has chosen to work at a school that specifically seeks to exclude LGBTQ students and staff.
So what’s up with Log Cabin? Many members state that even though they are LGBTQ, and believe in equal rights, they support the Republican Party because it believes in smaller taxes, and less government. But if you look at the history of virtually every city and state in the country that has equal rights for LGBTQ people, that legislation was championed by people from political parties OTHER than the Republican Party. In fact, the party to which Log Cabin members belong often bitterly fought to prevent those very equal rights laws from being passed.
Which brings me to the egregious hypocrisy of Log Cabin. While I have asked, and been refused, these statistics before, just how many of Log Cabin members live in big cities and states that have equal protection laws, in spite of the Republican Party? I would venture to say the vast majority.
So to me, it comes down to this. Log Cabin members, for the most part, are saying I want lower taxes, I don’t want government spending my money for things other than the military, and I’ve already got the rights to protect my job and my housing, because of work done in spite of the Republican Party. So I’ve got mine, and screw the rest of you in small-town America that can lose their jobs on a moments notice, simply because of the homophobia of their manager, and there isn’t one law in their locality that can protect them.
So c’mon Log Cabin. Open up your books and show us the percentage of your members, and donors, who already live in places where they are protected, through no help of your own political party.
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The views expressed by blog writers do not necessarily reflect the views of the LGBT National Help Center. We welcome submissions of opposite viewpoints, and submissions on topics relevant to the LGBTQ community.
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