As they endorse religious liberty, Republicans elect first gay officer

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5:26 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 2015

Athens — On Saturday, the second and final day of their statewide convention, Georgia Republicans loudly endorsed a religious liberty bill, which many supporters say is needed to offset a coming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage.

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The vote was an endorsement of SB 129, authored by state Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus – now held in check by the House and viewed with suspicion by Gov. Nathan Deal.

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For the first time, the Georgia GOP elected an openly gay man as one of its principal officers, in charge of the millions of dollars that flow into and out of the state’s ruling party.

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Who stood before the convention to nominate McCord? The same Josh McKoon who authored SB 129, the aforementioned religious liberty bill.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/as-they-endorse-religious-liberty-republicans-elec/nmHrb/

[cbayer]

1. Good to know. Maybe the times really are changing.

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2. Not with these folks. I think they are genuinely confused.

[cbayer]

3. That is quite possible.

[okasha]

4. One step forward, one back.

I think this may be intended as a kind of equilibrium--see, we support discrimination, but we elected a gay man as an officer, and we must really be tolerant because we gave him the checkbook!

[cbayer]

5. Good point. He's a log cabin republican and that's what really defines him.

[rug]

6. That sounds about right.

I expect their cynical pandering to bite them in the ass soon enough.

[okasha]

7. I think it will.The only LGBTs

who will be impressed by this are other Log Cabin R's, and maybe this will be just too hypocritical even for some of them.

[DeadLetterOffice]

8. I cannot understand how any self-respecting...

... person who identifies as queer in any way could possibly be a Republican in today's climate.
It honestly makes my head hurt when I try to figure it out.

So, yay for McCord and all, but wtf is an openly gay man doing being a Republican in the first place?

[cbayer]

9. I've known some and they are all wealthy and it's all about the money.