Gay GOP group gives Cornyn award after 'no' vote to move on DADT repeal

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Gay GOP group gives Cornyn award after 'no' vote to move on DADT repeal

By Jordy Yager

A Republican gay-rights group presented Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) with a leadership award Wednesday night despite his vote against a repeal of the ban on allowing openly gay people to serve in the military nearly 24 hours before the event.

In an effort to build party unity around fiscal issues, the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) honored Cornyn and five House Republicans - Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-La.), Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), and Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) – at a dinner banquet at the National Republican Club on Capitol Hill.

Neither Cornyn nor Sessions appeared in person to accept their awards.

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats fell four votes shy of the 60 needed to proceed to the 2011 defense authorization bill, which includes language repealing the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law, after Republicans objected to several Democratic amendments in the bill.

But on Wednesday night, nearly 200 Republicans – many openly gay – sporting “Fire Pelosi” buttons gathered to support the five House Republicans’ bid for reelection this November.

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[Ken Burch]

1. When are they gonna get it?

Gay people who vote Republican are like chickens who vote KFC?

[BolivarianHero]

2. Yes but...

Gay people who vote Democratic get as much out of it as Russians standing in line at a grocery store in 1985.

[Ken Burch]

4. Well, there is that, too.

n/t.

[MadMaddie]

6. If Republicans were in charget there wouldn't have been

an attempt to repeal DADT.

[BolivarianHero]

12. There is a lack of courage among the corporatised political clas...

FDR pushed the U.S. to the brink of a fascist coup to get his New Deal passed; Ike went to Dixie and enforced racial integration at the barrel of a gun.

[democracy1st]

3. the log cabin repubs count on others to fight for their rights ,all they care about is money!

[Canuckistanian]

5. Gay Republicans seem easy to please

They even honor those who hurt them the least. And even some who hurt them all the time.

There must be a word for this in psychology.

[orleans]

7. they are like every other republican except that they're gay.

seems like all republicans behave that way--they voted for bush. and if they weren't millionaires then i'd say it had something to do with either a lemming syndrome or self-loathing. or both.

[David__77]

8. Log Cabin cares more about protecting the wealthy than anything else.

This is their "freedom."

[Ken Burch]

11. "This Modern World" had their number back in 1999:

[political_Dem]

9. Stockholm Syndrome.

[MilesColtrane]

10. Log Cabin Republicans honoring John Cornyn is like chickens throwing a party for Colonel Sanders.

[marmar]

13. "Neither Cornyn nor Sessions appeared in person to accept their awards"

Because they want nothing to do with anyone who is gay, Republican or otherwise. Yet these dolts give them an award. ...... Internalized self-loathing is a terrible thing.