Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio reaches out to gay Republicans

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

22 APR 2015 AT 09:27 ET

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The Florida senator’s staff have held quarterly meetings with the Log Cabin Republicans “going back some time”, their executive director, Gregory Angelo, told Reuters. The meetings with the advocacy group were to discuss legislation, issues and opportunities to “partner on,” Angelo said. Rubio’s office declined to comment on the meetings.

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The Log Cabin Republicans’ Angelo said, however, that Rubio was “not as adamantly opposed to all things LGBT as some of his statements suggest.” The staff meetings did not include Rubio, he said. The group has also met with Republican presidential contenders: former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina earlier this year and Senator Rand Paul and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, both in 2013.

Paul has sought to differentiate between traditional marriage and civil contracts, while Walker said at the weekend he had attended a wedding reception for a gay relative.

Efforts by Rubio, Paul and Walker to add nuance to their views on gay marriage could play well with some younger Republicans, even if it proves unpopular with social conservatives.

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[valerief]

1. All 3 gay Republicans? I mean, the 3 who are openly gay. nt

[totodeinhere]

2. I hope that nobody falls for this. This is cynical politics at its worst.

Rubio is not now, never was and never will be a friend of the LGBT community.

[DonViejo]

3. Log Cabinites already have fallen for it...

The Log Cabin Republicans’ Angelo said, however, that Rubio was “not as adamantly opposed to all things LGBT as some of his statements suggest.”

IOW, Rubio tells the wingnut base what they want to hear, then he has his staff (and maybe himself) tell the gays, "I'm not really that bad for you."

All the 'pukes do the same thing at one time or another. When Mitt Romney ran against Senator Ted Kennedy, Mittens claimed he'd do more and be more for the LGBT Community.

[Arkana]

4. The Chickens For Colonel Sanders are about to fall for it again, eh?

[brooklynite]

5. "Pay me and I'll come to your wedding"?

[Mr.Bill]

6. I'm sure Mr. Rubio

prays for a cure for his gay friends regularly.

[Eugene]

7. So he should get credit for not being a 100% foaming at the mouth homophobe?

if anybody falls for this.

[Paper Roses]

8. My first thought according to the Repub pronouncements:

Oxymoron?

[SoapBox]

9. Support me!

And maybe I won't round you all up, to be shipped off to GITMO.

...pandering of the worst kind.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Angelo said, however, that Rubio was “not as adamantly opposed to all things LGBT as some of his

statements suggest.”

Damn.

Maybe he will even let you into the house when company's not around. You'll still have to come in through the back door and you can't sit on the good chairs.

[aggiesal]

11. Isn't gay republican ...

an oxymoron?

[candelista]

12. Actually, no.

Larry Craig

[aggiesal]

13. He just a moron! n/t

[candelista]

17. Touché. :)

[Bluenorthwest]

14. The one I knew was a moron on oxy, but that's not really the same thing.....

nt

[tanyev]

15. Uh-oh. Bet the American Renewal Project won't look favorably on that.

Christian Group ‘Investigating’ Family & Staff Of 2016 Candidates To Expose 'Gay Sympathizers'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141072345

[blkmusclmachine]

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