LAT: Social Issues Threaten GOP Unity (Gay Rights)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-gopfight15aug15,1,755638,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines

President Bush and his political lieutenants want the Republican National Convention in New York this month to exude the same sense of unity that characterized the Democratic love fest in Boston.

But away from the spotlight -- and perhaps even away from the cameras -- fierce infighting is about to break out over the GOP platform's stance on gay rights. The issue is important to the White House because the appearance of intolerance toward gays and minorities could sway critical swing voters.

Log Cabin Republicans, a group of 12,000 gay conservatives, are teaming up with Republicans who support abortion rights to challenge the expected GOP platform on family issues.

The GOP's platform from 2000 is expected to be the framework for this year's effort. It declares that marriage is the "legal union of one man and one woman," and that "the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed."

The Log Cabin Republicans plan to hold a news conference Monday with Republicans for Choice and the Republican Youth Majority to outline their strategy.

[Democat]

1. We win either way

Either the Republican party moves to the left, or they are exposed to America as bigots.

[Hekate]

2. Disunity? Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. GOP Platform already decided: Here it is

http://www.gop.com/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx

Paranoid folk may wish to copy and paste the URL instead of clicking the link:
gop.com/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx

[MichiganVote]

4. Gee, read the sections dealing with international issues and guess what?

Not one word about Iraq or Afghanistan. Whole lot of rhetoric about a whole lot of nothing. More claims to fame and the usual Clinton bashing.