Earth to Log Cabin Republicans: You are now officially the 21st century equivalent of ...

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31. Not really. First of all, they already have picked a side

It's not like it's breaking news that most Republicans don't support marriage equality. Any gay American whose paramount concern is marriage equality probably wouldn't be associated with the Log Cabin Republicans in the first place. A better analogy would be with anti-abortion Democrats. Such Democrats may feel strongly about abortion, but on balance that's just one issue. They favor the Democratic party because they agree with Democrats on many other separate issues. Same thing with the Log Cabin Republicans. They may dislike the party's stance on marriage, but they are on board with much of the rest of the platform.

Having major differences with one's own party but sticking with that party anyway isn't all that uncommon. Just look at DU for evidence of that. Many DUers are strongly opposed to things that Democratic politicians support (or support things that they oppose). They don't have to 'pick a side' either, because they already have.

And what's more, nothing is stopping either group here from kicking back and letting the other party do their work for them on these specific issues. That's kind of the best of both worlds for them. Let the other party fight one of your battles while you help fight the rest of the war with your own party.

Sorry to say, this is just another unwarranted Nazi reference. There are plenty more relevant analogies within our own system.