CPAC allows LGBTQ group as sponsor for first time, risks pro-family backlash
As the Conservative Political Action Conference got underway, they faced strong criticism for welcoming a Republican homosexual activist group as a sponsor for the first time. The Log Cabin Republicans state on their website that their group exists solely to “make the Republican Party more inclusive, particularly on gay and lesbian issues.” “Working from inside the Party—educating other Republicans about gay and lesbian issues—is the most effective way to gain new Republican allies for equality,” the group’s website states . “We believe equality for LGBT Americans is in the finest tradition of the Republican Party,” it adds. “Equality” has become the rallying cry behind the LGBTQ movement and has led to the illicit overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act , the imprisonment of Kim Davis, and crippling fines leading to bankruptcy of numerous Christian florists, bakers, and photographers who have refused on moral grounds to support two people of the sam...