Gay Democrats Unhappy with Democratic Party

These comments posted on the DNC's website are notable. Clearly many gays who voted for Kerry, were not particularly happy with it.

If you want to know why the GLBT community did not come out in full force for [Kerry], you need to understand something. We, as a community, need a candidate who is for us. What does that mean? It means we need someone who will stand up and be counted and say that this discrimination is wrong, that we, the supposed greatest, freest nation in the world, now lag behind at least 10 other nations in the fight for equal rights for all its citizens. We need a candidate who is for us, not against us.

Another comments:

As a lifelong and very active Democrat, I was ashamed of our candidate's wishy-washy stance. He only garnered gay votes because they were anti-Bush votes.

Republicans can get some of these votes - if they decide to be the party of Arne Carlson and John McCain rather than the party of Alan Keyes, Alan Quist, Jerry Falwell and Michele Bachmann.

Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota Introduces new Political Action Committee

Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota
Contact, Dennis Sanders, Vice President-Public Relations
(612)605-5630 or (612)325-8066 (cell) Email: lcrminnesota@yahoo.com
Web: www.logcabinminnesota.org

For Immediate Release, September 30, 2004

Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota Introduces new Political Action Committee

MINNEAPOLIS- Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota are excited to announce the creation of Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota Political Action Committee, a new organization aimed at supporting and encouraging gay and gay-friendly Republicans to run for public office.

"The best way to make the GOP in Minnesota a party of inclusion is to support and attract tolerant Republicans to not only run for office, but to get involved in the party process, such as working on the platform committee," chapter President Eva Young said.

"There is an old saw that goes, 'Politics is about who shows up.' Well, the religious right has been showing up and supporting candidates for office that want to treat the GLBT community as second-class citizens,” Young said. “Now is the time for fair-minded Republicans to show up and support friendly candidates who will work for gay GLBT equality.”

The Executive Committee chose Mark Hanson of Minneapolis to be the Chair of Log Cabin Minnesota PAC. Hanson looks forward to his new job. "We want to let socially tolerant Republicans to know that we will support them in any way we can."

Log Cabin Minnesota PAC is already involved in the campaign of David Dayhoff, a candidate for the Minneapolis School Board. Dayhoff supports Out 4 Good, a program promoting a safe learning environment for GLBT students, families and teachers, as well as comprehensive sex education as opposed to “abstinence-only – condoms don’t work” education.

"We are excited to be helping David and we hope to see him on the school board come November," said Hanson.

Log Cabin Republicans is a nationwide grassroots organization working for inclusion of GLBT persons in the Party of Lincoln and supporting gay-friendly Republican candidates for public office.

Prepared and Paid for by Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota PAC. Jim Galvin, Treasurer