“I dare you to go to a lesbian bar”: How this gay conservative defends keeping discrimination legal [View all]

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"I have many, many black friends…I just don’t think government should use its power to do things."

JOSH EIDELSON

As CPAC attendees readied to hear Ted Cruz, Salon spoke with Canadian Tory Roy Eappen – a nine-time CPAC participant and donor to the gay conservative group GOProud – about why he opposes laws banning racial or anti-gay discrimination.

“There are black-only events here,” said Eappen, a CPAC “premium” attendee. “There are gay and lesbian bars that you went to, and they would throw you out. So how come we sort of look at one side, and not the other?” A condensed version of our conversation follows.

What is your impression of CPAC so far?

Well, I’ve gone to CPAC for the last decade or so. You know, I think we do things somewhat better in some ways in Canada than they do here, but – I’m a gay conservative.

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