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Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event

It's a convention for conservative people of faith.

Looks like the GOP's big tent got bigger if there's a organized group of gay Colorado Republicans. I'll bet they're actually a pretty cool group of people.
 
Organizers of a conservative conference in Denver this summer have told a gay Republican group it cannot have a booth at the event.

Read the article here: Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event - US News

What happened to the GOP's big tent? Any ideas on that?

The irony is that this concept of a "big tent" was started to explain why Arlen Specter switched to the DNC. The DNC primaried his ass out of office at their first opportunity.

Also, were the log cabin republicans thrown out of the RNC? Aren't they still in the tent?
 
Organizers of a conservative conference in Denver this summer have told a gay Republican group it cannot have a booth at the event.

Read the article here: Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event - US News

What happened to the GOP's big tent? Any ideas on that?

An incredibly stupid move.

This is why Republicans are not in office permanently. It is devisive, elitist and displays blind bigotry. The fact the GOP was able to attract enough gays to actually form a group in Colorado is stunningly remarkable, and these clowns should have been celebrating that. Now they have further enshrined a bad stereotype by making it true.
 
The irony is that this concept of a "big tent" was started to explain why Arlen Specter switched to the DNC. The DNC primaried his ass out of office at their first opportunity.

Also, were the log cabin republicans thrown out of the RNC? Aren't they still in the tent?

I just checked, and they're still around. They've grown quite a bit in the last few years, too. They've been busy lately putting out press releases on their stances. This week they published a list of questions they want Hillary to answer. You have to check them out.

Log Cabin Republicans | Log Cabin Republicans to Clinton: Questions Must Be Answered
 
But I thought Republicans supported liberty! Or is this just liberty for straight white people?
 
Organizers of a conservative conference in Denver this summer have told a gay Republican group it cannot have a booth at the event.

Read the article here: Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event - US News

What happened to the GOP's big tent? Any ideas on that?

What "big tent" are you referring to? Since the 60's, the GOP has been taking in refugees from the liberalization of the Dems. The religious "right" used to be on the left. Many of the "GOP states" used to be staunch Dems.

In a system that realistically only has 2 parties, unity and harmony within a particular party is almost impossible. It looks like the Jews maybe ready to jump sides. If Labor ever woke up to how the greenie-weenie faction of the Dems has hurt them far more than the anti-union "right" ever has, we may see them jump also. Some of those have already changed. I know a few "old southern Democrats" who still say they are Dems but don't vote for or speak up for members of that party.
 
An incredibly stupid move.

This is why Republicans are not in office permanently. It is devisive, elitist and displays blind bigotry. The fact the GOP was able to attract enough gays to actually form a group in Colorado is stunningly remarkable, and these clowns should have been celebrating that. Now they have further enshrined a bad stereotype by making it true.

This isn't a Republican event.

No, not remarkable at all that there is a Log Cabin group in Colorado. The Log Cabins have been around since the 1970s.
 
Organizers of a conservative conference in Denver this summer have told a gay Republican group it cannot have a booth at the event.

Read the article here: Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event - US News

What happened to the GOP's big tent? Any ideas on that?

An incredibly stupid move.

This is why Republicans are not in office permanently. It is devisive, elitist and displays blind bigotry. The fact the GOP was able to attract enough gays to actually form a group in Colorado is stunningly remarkable, and these clowns should have been celebrating that. Now they have further enshrined a bad stereotype by making it true.

But I thought Republicans supported liberty! Or is this just liberty for straight white people?

Since this isn't a GOP function, but rather one sponsored by a think tank sponsored by a Christian university, so your argument is pretty much nullified. They made a choice on who they choose to associate themselves with and like it or not, they have the right to make that decision.
 
Organizers of a conservative conference in Denver this summer have told a gay Republican group it cannot have a booth at the event.

Read the article here: Conservative Group Bars Log Cabin Republicans From Event - US News

What happened to the GOP's big tent? Any ideas on that?

I agree with the gay group that it's narrowminded and reinforces the perception of the party being anti-gay..... though I also understand it's not simply a political event, but a political event for people of faith.
IMO, there's no real harm in them having a booth.... even if they disagree on a specific issue.

a "big tent" can exist while members of that "big tent' are opposed to each other on certain issues.... every party, especially the 2 majors parties, have their camps that are opposed to the agendas of other camps within the party.( you think Benrie sander attends many pro-business or conservative democrat events ? ;))

I suspect atheists Republicans wouldn't be welcome as such an event either.... but certainly welcome at "party-wide" events, such as CPAC ( atheists did make a showing at CPAC, btw)
 
Since this isn't a GOP function, but rather one sponsored by a think tank sponsored by a Christian university, so your argument is pretty much nullified. They made a choice on who they choose to associate themselves with and like it or not, they have the right to make that decision.

Then man up and call these assholes out. Stop attacking the messengers for once.
 
But I thought Republicans supported liberty! Or is this just liberty for straight white people?

The Republicans in this story support gay marriage so presumably, they support liberty.

Just curious why nobody actually reads what they're posting about. The people who are trying to attend the event are Republicans who support gay marriage and gay rights.
 
Since this isn't a GOP function, but rather one sponsored by a think tank sponsored by a Christian university, so your argument is pretty much nullified. They made a choice on who they choose to associate themselves with and like it or not, they have the right to make that decision.

It's still stupid.

But then I am a Christian who supports gay marriage.
 
Since this isn't a GOP function, but rather one sponsored by a think tank sponsored by a Christian university, so your argument is pretty much nullified. They made a choice on who they choose to associate themselves with and like it or not, they have the right to make that decision.

None of them read the story before posting, or bothered to look at the players in the story.
 
The Republicans in this story support gay marriage so presumably, they support liberty.

Just curious why nobody actually reads what they're posting about. The people who are trying to attend the event are Republicans who support gay marriage and gay rights.

And they were kicked out. By conservatives. Now can you own up to that? Or will the inevitable defensiveness begin?
 
I agree with the gay group that it's narrowminded and reinforces the perception of the party being anti-gay..... though I also understand it's not simply a political event, but a political event for people of faith.
IMO, there's no real harm in them having a booth.... even if they disagree on a specific issue.

a "big tent" can exist while members of that "big tent' are opposed to each other on certain issues.... every party, especially the 2 majors parties, have their camps that are opposed to the agendas of other camps within the party.( you think Benrie sander attends many pro-business or conservative democrat events ? ;))

I suspect atheists Republicans wouldn't be welcome as such an event either.... but certainly welcome at "party-wide" events, such as CPAC ( atheists did make a showing at CPAC, btw)

I'm sure atheist Republicans wouldn't be welcome either, as you say.

I've attended and also run many animal rights and animal rescue conventions and events. If a local slaughterhouse or a fur salon wanted to have a booth, we wouldn't have accepted their money, either. And I turned down more than a few pet stores and pet store chains through the years too. Organizers tend to want the exhibitors and vendors to be aligned with the purpose of the event. Reading the website on this conservative group, it's pretty apparent that they don't support gay rights, so why would they want the Log Cabin group there? Not surprising at all.
 
And they were kicked out. By conservatives. Now can you own up to that? Or will the inevitable defensiveness begin?

They weren't kicked out of anything. Can you be a little more dramatic? They wanted to have a booth, tried to sign up for one, and the organizers didn't want them to have a booth so they didn't take their money. Nobody got "kicked out" of anything.

And? It's their convention. What's there to defend?
 
And they were kicked out. By conservatives. Now can you own up to that? Or will the inevitable defensiveness begin?

Aaannnnnddd...

They weren't kicked out of anything. Can you be a little more dramatic? They wanted to have a booth, tried to sign up for one, and the organizers didn't want them to have a booth so they didn't take their money. Nobody got "kicked out" of anything.

And? It's their convention. What's there to defend?

Right on schedule. Like clockwork.
 
This is why the conservative Republicans and the GOP will have a problem in 2016. It's their way or the highway. If someone or some group isn't 100% ideologically pure they don't want anything to do with you. Of course the problem with that is most aren't 100% pure.
 
If you have to lie to make your point, well, you know the rest.

Knock it off. The fact is that there is a powerful anti-LGBT force within Republican/conservative circles, and the OP gives us yet another example of this.

But keep it up, Republicans. Your bigotry is literally dying out. :)
 
Knock it off. The fact is that there is a powerful anti-LGBT force within Republican/conservative circles, and the OP gives us yet another example of this.

But keep it up, Republicans. Your bigotry is literally dying out. :)
Too funny. You have no idea what's going on.
 
This is why the conservative Republicans and the GOP will have a problem in 2016. It's their way or the highway. If someone or some group isn't 100% ideologically pure they don't want anything to do with you. Of course the problem with that is most aren't 100% pure.
News flash - it's no different in any other political group.
 
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