Conservatives Want Purge of Gay Republicans

During the run-up to the recent U.S. midterms, a number of Republican candidates, party functionaries and etc. were "outed", the timing in several cases (Mark Foleys) most likely being a Democratic/Liberal activist tactic to sour Evangelicals on the GOP. Unsavory as these tactics might seem, they have paid off. The ultra Conservative Americans For Truth is now demanding that homosexuals within the Republican party should "come out" or be forced out:

"In recent weeks, homosexual activists have sought to 'out' various high-level GOP staffers and leaders as homosexuals, to highlight their hypocrisy in working for a socially conservative party," said Peter LaBarbera.

"Now we in the pro-family movement are calling for full disclosure for a different reason: because homosexual GOP staff and pro-'gay' policies in the party are undermining the wholesome values Republicans say they support," he said.

So, for example, the defeat of George "Macaca" Allen by about 7,000 votes is being blamed on the fact that the stealth influence of his gay staffers "undermined" the Senators support of Virginia's anti-SSM marriage amendment.

Americans for Truth, in addition to demanding the exposure and dismantling of the "Gay Republican Mafia", want the NSRC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) to rescind its "sexual orientation" policy, which is non-discriminatory, on the grounds that it:


...[embraces] the exact same pro-homosexual 'orientation' policy that social conservatives have been fighting for decades.

The GOP seems to have handled its ouster from power with some aplomb, but this split may have ominous repercussions for them going forward. The perception among social Conservatives that the two parties are "just the same" when it comes to values may send more of their votes to the Dems on issues (like environmental ones) where their views are often at odds with the stated position of GOP.