Log Cabin Republicans

San Diego Log Cabin Republicans to "reboot"

SDGLN Staff
March 13th, 2013

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Log Cabin Republicans is under new management and is inviting community members to come to its next meeting to help "reboot" the club.

The "Reboot Meeting" will take place on Thursday, March 21, from 5:30 to 7 pm and feature a presentation by Carl DeMaio, San Diego's first openly LGBT Republican city councilmember and mayoral candidate. DeMaio will discuss the mayor's race he recently endured and his work with Reform San Diego.

Gays in California GOP see hopeful signs

Wyatt Buchanan - San Francisco Chronicle
March 9th, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gay Republicans in California are sensing a thawing in the attitudes of the state's GOP membership toward gays and lesbians as the party seeks ways to reach new voters.

One gay party stalwart even believes the GOP in California is on the cusp of full acceptance of people the party shunned as recently as a few years ago.

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White House defends President’s choice for Defense Secretary

Brody Levesque - LGBTQ Nation
January 8th, 2013

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated former Nebraska GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, stirring widespread criticism from both sides of the political establishment in Washington.

Even LGBT advocacy groups remained divided over their support of the nomination, and many expressed doubt over Hagel’s credibility on LGBT issues.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: LCR questions GOP's defense of DOMA

Gregory T. Angelo - Interim Executive Director - Log Cabin Repubicans
January 4th, 2013

(Editor's note: House Republicans decided this week to incorporate ongoing counsel to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into the new Congressional Rules. To date, the House Republicans had spend about $2 million in taxpayer money to defend DOMA in court. The Justice Department and the Obama Administration believes DOMA is unconstitutional and refused to defend the law in court. Ten courts have ruled that parts of DOMA are unconstitutional, and one case has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court for review in March.)

LCR names interim boss as R. Clarke Cooper is stepping down

SDGLN Staff
December 28th, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Gregory T. Angelo has been named interim executive director of Log Cabin Republicans.

The current boss, R. Clarke Cooper, has announced his intent to step down at the end of the year after serving as executive director since 2010.

"I hope LGBT Republicans and our allies who support freedom and liberty will join me in welcoming Gregory T. Angelo as the interim executive
director of Log Cabin Republicans," said Peter Bertelsen, national board chairman. "Gregory's longstanding involvement with Log Cabin as leader of

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Autopsy on an election

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 8th, 2012

Ten things we may have learned from the 2012 elections:

1. The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof.

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NEWS ANALYSIS: This election is “most important vote LGBT Americans have ever faced”

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 5th, 2012

So much is at stake on Election Day for LGBT Americans.

Will Barack Obama, the most gay-friendly President in U.S. history who supports marriage equality, get re-elected to a second term?

Will Mitt Romney, who has proudly stated his anti-gay views throughout the campaign and signed the NOM Pledge, win the White House?

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COMMENTARY: Seriously, how can women vote for Romney?

Kit-Bacon Gressitt – SDGLN Contributor
October 29th, 2012

“How can women possibly vote for Romney and Ryan?” She looked dismayed, my friend, and I understood how she felt.

COMMENTARY: How Log Cabin Republicans abandoned gay rights

Ned Flaherty - Project Manager, Marriage Equality USA
October 26th, 2012

(Editor's note: This commentary first appeared in LGBTQ Nation, a media partner of SDGLN.)

The Log Cabin Republicans now have squandered their last ounce of potential credibility.

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