Sentences with phrase «in the log cabin republicans»

There is a home for you in Log Cabin Republicans — as there is for all lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender conservatives and straight allies.

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Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos telling reporters at the Log Cabin Republicans fundraiser in Manhattan last night that he would «recommend» to his conference that the same - sex marriage bill return to the floor for a vote next year if the GOP manages to regain control of the chamber.

The Log Cabin Republicans were very involved in the lobbying effort last December to try to convince some GOP senators to vote «yes» on marriage — an effort that ultimately failed when the entire 30 - member conference, joined by eight Democrats, voted «no» on the measure, killing the bill in the process.

The assemblywoman has been a favorite with the Log Cabin Republicans ever since, and she was in Manhattan to attend the organization's fundraiser last night, along with Paladino's running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards.

Last week I posted about how during the Democratic National Convention's Lesbian and Gay Caucus Rep. Barney Frank (D - MA) laid it all out on the table and stated quite frankly in my opinion and may others the Log Cabin Republicans is bunch of «Uncle Tom's» for backing the GOP, a party that despises the LGBT community.

Some have complained that in comparing the Log Cabin Republicans to Uncle Tom, I was ignoring the fact that they are nice.

Log Cabin Republicans in Cleveland, Los Angeles, Orange County, Texas and Georgia have also endorsed Trump.

The HomoCONs at the Log Cabin Republicans have been smacked in the face with some harsh realities this past week at the Republican National Convention and not that their dreams have been dashed, Log Cabin leaders are lashing out at the GOP for its completely unsurprising bigotry.

The HomoCONs at the Log Cabin Republicans have been smacked in the face with some harsh realities this past week...

Log Cabin Republicans, another gay Republican organization, has not yet made a decision whether to endorse in the race.

He said he hoped the gay - rights group that financed a legal challenge to the policy, the Log Cabin Republicans, would work to convince a handful of Republicans to join Democrats in laying the groundwork for repeal.

With the GOP in control of the House, Log Cabin Republicans has said it would push for the legislation and has maintained it has a shot at passage because it relates to lowering taxes, an effort that Republicans traditionally favor.

Sam Seder, a liberal radio host formerly with Air America, was thrown out of the Republican National Convention in 2004 while shooting a video in which he searched for Log Cabin Republicans to interview.

Now that the DADT Repeal has been implemented the The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed the Log Cabin Republican's case against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» stating that «the repeal, in short, gave Log Cabin «everything» its complaint «hoped to achieve.

«Log Cabin Republicans continuously seek to foster friends in development among elected Republican office holders as well as their staff and campaigns.»

U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips, in a case brought forth by the Log Cabin Republicans has issued a...

The 2016 Republican Platform, adopted today without a peep of protest from Log Cabin Republicans, is worse on LGBT issues than any Republican Party Platform in history.

-- Invited the first openly gay couple to stay overnight in the White House — Encouraged her husband to fight the AIDS epidemic to the tune of $ 5.727 billion that was spent by the federal government by the time President Reagan left office — Sent a special message in support of Log Cabin Republicans that was read at our 2013 Spirit of Lincoln Dinner.

Posted May 20, 2015 at 11:12 am ETC by Charles Pulliam - Moore in Georgia, Log Cabin Republicans, Republican Party

Posted August 26, 2015 at 8:44 am ETC by John Wright in annise parker, discrimination, gay rights, HERO, houston, houston equal rights ordinance, LGBT Rights, Log Cabin Republicans, Stonewall Democrats, Texas

The Log Cabin Republicans» National Dinner is scheduled to take place next week in the nation's capital and will feature several House Republicans, including National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R - Texas.

In time, as young Republicans take over from our generation and those as backward and ignorant as Tony Perkins die off, Log Cabin Republicans will replace us.

Caitlyn Jenner has booked an appearance at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland where she's set to appear at a «Big Tent Brunch» co-hosted by Log Cabin Republicans, Equality Ohio, the College Republican National Committee, SAGE, the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, and the Ohio College Republican Federation, the Daily Beast reports:

Under the direction of a political advocacy group backed by Colorado software mogul Tim Gill, two former top Senate Republican aides and a former legislative adviser to the Log Cabin Republicans are working behind the scenes to capture crucial votes in the GOP - led Senate.

Log Cabin Republicans, which supported the Bush - Cheney ticket in 2000, has warned that it will break with the campaign if President Bush formally endorses the proposed amendment, as White House aides have said he intends to do.

As Log Cabin tells its story, «From the wreckage of that campaign, Log Cabin Republicans took a more visible position in the party.

Though the Obama administration is opposed to DADT, which has banned homosexual conduct in the military since 1993, it defended the policy in court in a lawsuit lodged by the Log Cabin Republicans.

Although Log Cabin Republicans say that Romney has discussed «actual tangibles» in terms of pro-LGBT positions in announcing their endorsement of Romney and though GOProud already had endorsed the Republican earlier this year, the biggest question facing LGBT voters in deciding whether to vote for Romney is if the candidate LCR and GOProud describe will be running the country or if the candidate who the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown said «was strong the whole way through» the marriage fight in Massachusetts will be running the show.

«To survive, we're going to have to become the big tent party that we always were,» says Torrey Shearer, a member of the leadership committee of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, which, along with Log Cabin Republicans, took out a full - page ad in Wednesday's Tampa Tribune calling on the GOP to support gay - marriage rights.

ALSO in the audience, Brian Bond - director of the DNC's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council (who also flew in for the discussion), and Frank Ricchiazzi, co-founder of the Log Cabin Republicans.

A month later in the election cycle than when the organization's previous endorsement decisions were announced, Log Cabin Republicans has taken no formal position on the Romney - Ryan ticket as of today.

Following Pat Buchanan's «culture wars» speech at the Republican National Convention in Houston, the board of Log Cabin decided to withhold its endorsement when President George H.W. Bush failed to criticize the anti-gay rhetoric heard at the convention.

At a recent Log Cabin Republicans meeting, DeMaio told the group someone had emailed him to say the commercial is «throwing this in our face.»

The first time that Log Cabin Republicans made the decision not to support the party's presidential ticket came in 1992.

And Levi reminded me that Minority Leader Dean Skelos recently told the Log Cabin Republicans he would recommend that the marriage bill come to the floor for another vote if the GOP returns to power in the chamber.

The Log Cabin Republicans, a 38 - year - old organization that had unsuccessfully sought a charter from the state party several times in the past, received the formal imprimatur on a 861 - 293 vote at the party's biannual convention in Sacramento.

Posted November 11, 2014 at 10:23 am ETC by John Wright in Brian Brown, Carl DeMaio, Log Cabin Republicans, NOM, Republican Party, Rob Portman

Posted March 2, 2015 at 5:36 pm ETC by John Wright in California, CPAC, Log Cabin Republicans, Republican Party, Sacramento

As the nation's only organization representing LGBT conservatives and straight allies, Log Cabin Republicans congratulates Bruce Jenner in the tremendous courage he demonstrated tonight, being true to himself both in terms of his personal identity as well as his political identity.

While the Log Cabin Republicans, a prominent GOP gay rights group, has been around for more than 30 years, GOProud has gained considerable press in its relatively short existence thanks to an ability to lure big - name supporters to the group.

Posted February 26, 2009 at 1:52 pm ETC by Andy Towle in Architecture, Banksy, Barack Obama, bullying, Canada, Chicago, Colorado, crime, Film, Great Britain, Hugh Jackman, Lawrence King, Log Cabin Republicans, News, Oklahoma, Poland, Rosie O'Donnell, Tim Gill

«These candidates for elected office represent the future of the GOP — strong, pro-equality Republicans with a winning message and a viable path to victory in November,» Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory T. Angelo said.

In endorsing Faso and others from across the United States, the Political Action Committee of the Log Cabin Republicans backed candidates who are «pro-equality Republicans with a winning message.»

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. — October 6, 2016... Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's original and largest organization representing gay conservatives and allies who support fairness, freedom, and equality for all Americans, has endorsed John Faso, the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform candidate for Congress in the 19th District, his campaign announced today.

In April 2002, White House officials held an unannounced briefing in April for the Log Cabin RepublicanIn April 2002, White House officials held an unannounced briefing in April for the Log Cabin Republicanin April for the Log Cabin Republicans.

The Log Cabin Republicans» Jeff Cook, who advises NY Unity PAC, which spent more than $ 200,000 to help McDonald and other «yes» voting GOP senators in the primary, insists there's a «clear path to victory» for the senator in November.

Acting Solicitor General Neal Kumar Katyal argued in the government motion that the justices should reject a request by the Log Cabin Republicans to reinstate a federal judge's injunction against the «don't ask, don't tell» policy.

Posted March 7, 2016 at 3:22 pm ETC by Sean Mandell in 2016 Election, Donald Trump, gay marriage, Gregory T. Angelo, Log Cabin Republicans, POLITICS, Republican Party

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In a year when the Human Rights Campaign argues, «The Trump - Pence ticket is the gravest threat the LGBTQ community has ever faced in a presidential election,» even the Log Cabin Republicans, who for decades have struggled to make lemonade out of the lemons in front of them, declared the platform adopted at -LSB-..In a year when the Human Rights Campaign argues, «The Trump - Pence ticket is the gravest threat the LGBTQ community has ever faced in a presidential election,» even the Log Cabin Republicans, who for decades have struggled to make lemonade out of the lemons in front of them, declared the platform adopted at -LSB-..in a presidential election,» even the Log Cabin Republicans, who for decades have struggled to make lemonade out of the lemons in front of them, declared the platform adopted at -LSB-..in front of them, declared the platform adopted at -LSB-...]

The booth will be sponsored by Metroplex Republicans of Dallas, which was founded by gay former members of Log Cabin Republicans in 2011.