aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Log Cabin integrity

I so respect the Log Cabin Republicans for their stand in the last election. Yesterday Gay Orbit pointed to them for highlighting this about Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney after a speech decrying gay marriage:

What happened to the Mitt Romney who ran for Governor supporting employment non-discrimination, hate crimes legislation, domestic partnerships, and civil union-like benefits for gay couples?  We don’t need another flip-flopping politician,” said Sanchez.

Governor Romney’s own staff seemed to contradict the Governor’s comments in South Carolina.  According to news reports, Romney Spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said the Governor supports an amendment that includes legal protections for gay couples.

South Carolina? Sure does look like he’s readying for a run.

The Log Cabin folks get around. Scott Evertz of the White House Office on National AIDS policy was legislative director of the Log Cabin Republicans of Wisconsin. Stephen Fong, Staff Assistant to the Administrator at the Federal Transit Administration, is a former president of Log Cabin Republicans of San Francisco. Mark Groombridge State Department special assistant to John Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, is a member of Log Cabin Republicans of D.C. I’m sure there are more.

I consider myself a liberal Democrat so I don’t agree with these guys on much, but I look more toward commonality and compromise than slash and burn and as I said up top, they earned high praise for their principled stand in the last election.