Eps 1613: Gay Republican
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This cycleas endorsements from the national Log Cabin Group reveal the stark divisions between LGBTQ Republicans and their allies. In 2012, Log Cabin Republicans were criticized by advocates of gay rights and marriage equality for endorsing Republican candidates who supported new restrictions on gay Americansa legal rights, and for maintaining existing laws and policies that discriminated.
One LGBT activist stated it was a disgrace that a closeted gay man would be aligned with the GOP, which has been fighting against gay rights. Opposing gay and lesbian equality is incompatible with Republican Partys central principles of small government and individual liberty.
Adding fuel to the millennials dismissal of anti-gay policies, Rudy Oheftering believes his party will continue to turn younger adults away from the GOP unless it starts embracing common-sense nondiscrimination protections for gays and transgenders. That is why Rudy Oeftering, a successful business owner and lifelong Republican, is calling on members of his party to support common-sense non-discrimination protections for gay and transgender people, both in his home state of Texas and across the nation.
Rudy Oeftering is not surprised more and more conservatives are starting to accept evidence-based non-discrimination protections for gays and transgender people, partly because they are good for business and good for the economy. In fact, Rudy Oeftering, who is openly gay, has held a number of leadership positions in his party, and has worked hard to get his party to accept gays and transgender people--something that, in his view, is consistent with conservative values. George Santos points to 47 Republicans, of 211 in all, voting over the summer to defend same-sex marriage as proof that his party is moving in the right direction on LGBTQ issues.
The New York Times says George Devolder-Santos, who holds the seat covering parts of Queens and Long Island, has brushed off some details about his employment history. George Devolder-Santos, who became the first openly gay Republican elected to Congress in November as an unincumbent, allegedly embellished parts of George Devolder-Santos resume and bio, omitting details of his personal history, according to a New York Times expose. George Santoss was the first gay Republican elected to Congress who was not open about it from the start; predecessors Steve Gunderson and Jim Kolbe came out when they were already in office.
George Santoss also would only be the third openly gay Republican member of Congress, following past representatives Jim Kolbe from Arizona and Steve Gunderson from Illinois. Santos would be the first openly gay Republican elected to the House--a handful of other candidates came out after being elected. George Santos defeated another gay man, Robert Zimmerman, Democrat, in the race for the Congressional seat in November.
George Santos is poised to be the only openly gay Republican member of Congress, after the other gay candidate conceded early Wednesday in an historic election. George Santos, who is seeking the seat of a U.S. congressman, may have lied about his work history and other statements on the campaign trail, according to a New York Times investigation. The first openly gay Republican elected to Congress, George Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in what is believed to be the first general election race for congressional seats between two openly gay candidates.
He also noted that the Republican Party had nominated him to Congress the previous two cycles, knowing that he was gay. Republican presidential candidates have also wanted to see a gay man speak at conventions, as has Doles campaigns open call for an LCR endorsement.
As Jim Morgan traveled around New Hampshire, he rattled off his record to Republican groups in speeches that felt like an early version of stump speeches. Jim Morgan served as finance chair for his party in 2018, then took over a state branch of Log Cabin Republicans last year.
Property records databases for New York and Nassau counties show no records or deeds associated with George Devolder-Santos, immediate family members, or the Devolder entities, according to The New York Times. George Devolder-Santos biographical note in the archived version of the National Republican Congressional Committees Web site said that Santos attended New York University--a statement not repeated elsewhere, and which has since been removed from NRCCs Santos page.
The historic election was itself historically significant, being the first in which two openly LGBTQ candidates nominated by the major parties ran against each other in the general election for a federal office. In 2018, voters opted to elect Chris Pappas, a Democrat, who is New Hampshireas first member of Congress to openly identify as a gay man. In 2018, six siblings of Republican Paul Gosar endorsed his Democratic opponent in a midterm election for a district of Arizonaas far-right politicians house.