Because Charles Djou is a Republican first, supporter of repealing DADT second. “Log Cabin Republicans is proud to have endorsed the candidacy of Charles Djou for Congress,” the group says in a statement. “His commitment to repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, supporting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, increased HIV/AIDS research initiatives and equality in domestic partnership benefits on the federal level show that a common-sense Republican can truly win the day, even in President Obama’s home.” The Gotcha Media have been quick to call Djou’s election insignificant. The gays will be quick to call it disgusting; Djou was the only candidate opposed to Hawaii’s civil unions bill.
Kieran
Is it really smart to have Republican and Democratic candidates competing for gay votes? I would think we’d be much better off as a community if we let it be known that we will only vote for Democrats PERIOD.
scott ny'er
Still don’t get gay republicans. I understand the motivation but the bigger picture I would think is more important.
tjr101
Come November this guy will be running against only one Democrat, there’ll be no splitting of the votes then.
Kevin
That’s funny. I would think the entire reason one would be both gay and republican is a “bigger picture” mentality. As in, “Yeah, I want marriage rights and such, but I care more about more general questions of personal liberty, fiscal restraint, and a more assertive foreign policy than I do about my own interests.” I mean obviously the republican party as a whole doesn’t align with that kind of thinking, but its libertarian wing might.
Baxter
@scott ny’er: I guess it depends on what you consider the “bigger picture” to be. If you consider gay rights to be the most important issue, then you’re probably not going to vote for some archconservative. If you consider having a job to be more important, you might not want to vote for some archliberal.
whatever
Who cares? He’s more endangered than Joseph Cao. He’s gone in November.
scott ny'er
@Kevin: Wait. Republicans are for gay marriage? I didn’t even think Democrats were. But at least with Democrats, we’ve got more of a fighting chance on the marriage stance than Republicans.
If assertive foreign policy = WMDs. Then, yeah, that’s not a bigger picture I’m going to buy into.
@Baxter: Intersting. I’ll have to look up what archconservatives and archliberals are like. I’m not sure how archliberals consider having a job as not important. So, I’ll have to educate myself more on that topic.
whatever
@scott ny’er: “If assertive foreign policy = WMDs. Then, yeah, that’s not a bigger picture I’m going to buy into.”
Yeah. Gay Repubs, and Repubs in general, better be for the repeal of DADT. Lords know they never met a clusterf*uck, unnecessary war they didn’t like and cheerlead. They need all the cannon fodder they can get. Iran, anyone?
Mike
I wonder if Gay Republican noses are always brown from all that self hating, conservative ass kissing. Gay Republicans probably beat themselves up in high school.
It went something like this………
“Take that self!” *punches own face* “I hate you you queer!”
tinkerbell
Why should we, as a community vote for or support either party on the national level? The Democratic Party has completely controlled the lawmaking process of this country for a year and a half, and what do we have to show for it? A lame hate crimes law and a truckload of broken promises and stalling on DADT until they can again blame lack of passage on Republicochristists.
Face it, one party hates us to our face and the other hates us to our backs. I SO wish I could emigrate to Canada or Europe and I regret that my ancestors ever left Europe.
Mike
@Baxter:
I’m curious. Why do groups like GOPROUD and Log Cabin Republicans exist? It’s not like these groups focus on gay rights issues. They focus on typical Republican issues. Couldn’t they do that without forming a different group? If gay rights are not as important to them, then why not just join a regular conservative/Republican group instead of creating one that is specifically for gay men? Since they have a problem with the gay community and want to be ‘normal’, then join a regular Republican group. What a group of whiners.
JamesStone
I would gladly live in a “Log Cabin” if I had equality. But..the way the Republican party is today, voting for them would probably send me to a concentration camp! It would be like the nice Jewish couple in Germany voting for the Nazi party!!!!
Kevin
@scott ny’er: Were you purposely misconstruing my post, or are you just bad at reading? I didn’t even begin to hint that Republicans were for marriage rights; my entire point was that some gay people overlook the fact that Republicans are against gay rights because they feel more comfortable with the OTHER Republican values like limited government and fiscal conservatism. I think we can all agree that Democrats are right on some issues, Republicans are right on others, and both parties are wrong on several. Of course, we’ll never agree on just what subjects fall into what category.
Now, all gay people should agree that the Republican party platform is wrong when it comes to gay rights, but to suggest that this automatically disqualifies them on all other subjects is ridiculous. If a gay person says “My greatest priorities when I vote are economic policy and foreign affairs. I feel that the Republicans handle those subjects better than the Democrats, so I’m voting Republican,” you can feel free to disagree with them substantively, but to suggest that this opinion is invalid simply because that person is gay is silly, dismissive, and isn’t going to win that person’s vote.
scott ny'er
@Kevin: Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt. I guess I’m bad at reading. I’ll re-read it again.
scott ny'er
@Mike: You bring an interesting point. What really separates gay repubs from your plain old ordinary rebups. I never thought of that.
@JamesStone: Yep. I agree. That’s what’s so perplexing to me.
I’m trying to see if maybe I’m missing something and that there is great merit to being a gay repub. I’m not certain I have heard anything of strong significance. Yet.
Matthew Munson
I do vote Republican about 50% of the time. However just because a candidate is open to supporting only 1 issue like Mary Bono Mack with Employment Non Discrimination Act or Dijou with repealing Don’t ask don’t tell is not acceptable to me. I would expect more for a representative to receive funds or support from a gay organization.
They should support at least 4 equality bills or causes.
Such as the student-non discrimination act, employment non-discrimination act, don’t ask dont tell repeal, permanent partners or anything thats in the current docket.
It’s great that candidates are slowly not using gays as wedge issues and being semi inclusive to the LGBT community. However I can not donate to Log Cabin or GoProud unless policies changed.