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TexasTowelie

(111,901 posts)
Fri May 25, 2018, 03:11 PM May 2018

Gay Republicans shocked New Hampshire GOP is still antigay & their 'ally' in office won't help

Log Cabin Republicans have been holding New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu up as a model “inclusive” politician. Now they have egg on their face again, when Sununu, like a typical Republican, refused to stand up for LGBT people.

The state party platform includes a plank that praises “traditional families” and says marriage should be “between one man and one woman.” GOP leaders refused to entertain a proposal that would have removed the language.

“As a gay, married, conservative man, am I disappointed there was no discussion on the party’s platform last week? Absolutely,” Log Cabin Republican New Hampshire chapter co-chairman Doug Palardy told the Concord Monitor.

While the group thought Governor Sununu would support the measure, proposed by the former head of the state party, their hopes were dashed when Sununu refused to get involved. The new head of the state party was handpicked by the governor.

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/05/gay-republicans-shocked-new-hampshire-gop-still-antigay-ally-office-wont-help/

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Gay Republicans shocked New Hampshire GOP is still antigay & their 'ally' in office won't help (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP
will the camps will have a special section for gay republicans? nt msongs May 2018 #1
Any gay person who votes Republican PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #2
Greedy, narcissistic people can be gay too. AJT May 2018 #3
Chris Sunnunu is a throwback Mopar151 May 2018 #4

Mopar151

(9,974 posts)
4. Chris Sunnunu is a throwback
Fri May 25, 2018, 07:58 PM
May 2018

As tone-deaf and authouratarian as Judd Gregg, policy positions recycled from the Reagan era.

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