Nevada Gay Republicans Not Getting Much Support?

Nevada Republican Party 2010 State Convention.
From RightPride's Facebook Page

I would have skipped this item, were it not for the fact that I have engaged Mark Ciavola (the guy in charge of RightPride, the Nevada chapter of GOProud) in discussion a few times. He's a genuinely nice guy when not in the heat of argument, always offering to get together for coffee to hash things out.  I haven't taken him up on it because I simply find no common ground with RightPride, a virulently conservative, seemingly only tangentially gay political group. 

Their chief argument seems to be that Democrats promise all sorts of things to gay people, and then deliver little.  It isn't an entirely wrong argument, but it is mostly wrong.  Democrats may deliver some weak tea when we're asking for strong coffee (there you go, Mark!), but at least they are serving something. The Republican Party often tries to take whatever we're asking for away, sometimes after we've already gotten it.  Very often, they are successful.  In Texas for instance, they're trying to make gay marriage a crime rather than just ignoring it (not to mention criminalizing sodomy, which would endanger a lot more than just the gays).  The other problem is, if you subtract "the gay" from RightPride's political agenda, you've got a FReeper.  A Palin loving, tea bagging, Obama's a commie, Nancy Pelosi is a succubus, Harry Reid is the devil, Karl Rove worshipping, Glenn Beck watching, true believer. 

Small wonder then that their message doesn't seem to be going very well.  For instance, they've had a Facebook page since October of last year, and presently they are "liked" by 327 people.  And I'm one of them!

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Gay Old Party?  Republicans reach for more homosexual voters by Election Day

If Republicans hope to win big in November, they'll have to hold on to as many older, white and largely straight voters as possible -- because Nevada's minority and independent voters aren't buying the latest GOP sales pitches cocked squarely in their direction. . .

Read more at: Las Vegas City Life

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link