This appeared on www.afa.net, one of my favorite sites to patrol for news straight from the religious right's mouth. Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute seems to think that you could count the number of gay Republicans on one hand.
"...Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute says it is time for the Bush administration and the Republican Party to re-evaluate the efficacy of outreach to the Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual wing of the GOP. Knight says the LCR "had a fit" when Bush endorsed a federal marriage amendment, and said they might not support him. "Obviously, it didn't matter," the CFI spokesman says, adding, "You can fit all the gay Republicans in a closet and it really won't affect anything ... it's a non-constituency." According to Knight, the administration and party leadership need to spend their time seeking what the Republican base wants, not what the fringe element desires. The pro-family leader says there is a time to take advice and a time to ignore advice, and right now, he feels Bush is being inundated with bad counsel. "He needs to ignore it and get some very important things done," Knight says, "like appointing judges who will uphold the rule of law and not tear up our constitution to make radical social change." (reported by Bill Fancher)
Didn't matter? Well, I'd like to talk to Mr. Knight in another four years and see if his assessment was a bit short-sighted.
Posted by Mark at November 17, 2004 02:43 PM