Anyone surprised by this article? I'm not. How a gay man can proudly call themselves Republican is completely lost on me.

Gay activists forced onto the defensive

["INCREASINGLY, leading activists for gay, lesbian and trans-gender issues portray the atmosphere in Washington as hostile, with some fearing that the campaign by the American right to roll back gay civil rights is gathering momentum. In the last three years, these activists say, a series of setbacks has awakened the gay rights movement to the possibility that, quite apart from advancing their agenda, the movement might have to divert its energies to defending past legislative accomplishments."]

This article is scary, but not really very enlightening.

Please don't let this turn into another "Why be a gay republican?" thread though, it doesn't serve any purpose.

I don't find the article scary at all, just reflective of what's occurring in the country right now. If any LGBT advocates thought the present administration was going to be as open as the last one, they obvious had blinders on. Just look at W's record in Texas, his support of the sodomy law, and the majority of his appointments (overall). At least the people of Pennsylvania elected their crackpot homophobic Senator.

I also don't think, as DC_guy says, that this is about the GOP per se (once again, there are many GOP politicians, such as George Pataki, John Rowland, Gordon Smith, etc., who are NOT virulent homophobes, anti-immigrant fanatics, Bible thumpers or racists) as it is about major elements within that party that want to impose their own narrow religious and social ideology on the rest of the country, which is very dangerous. (Please go to "14 defining principles of fascism," etc.) Rather than really standing up for freedom, they want to reshape the country in their mold, and they have the current administration by the balls, which is very unfortunate.

2004 is the opportunity to clear their lies and fascist plans and dangerous agenda out of Washington.

DOMA, brought to you by Mr William J Clinton....

That was the biggest blow to gay rights in the last 10 years... not that MN law.

You really need to get over your Clinton obsession. When Clinton ran for president he was on record as saying that he did NOT support gay marriage. "Biggest blow to gay rights in the last 10 years" ???? Dude, what are you smoking?
Your party supports DOMA, why keep bringing it up?

Santorum/Lott 2004

Clinton signed that bill, it was his administration.... his bill, his economy.... He's the bigot... If you wish to give him credit for the economy, he's the leader of the pack of supressing your rights.

Probably for the same reason the Soviets used to respond to every U.S. criticism of their system and its practices with some variation of "Oh yeah, well, what about blacks in the South?" Why answer the question when one can deflect it with the equivalent of an out-of-office auto-reply?