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5 Questions For: Gay Republican and GOProud co-founder Chris Barron
Chris Barron is no stranger to controversy: From inviting the controversial Ann Coulter to headline the first-ever “HomoCon” of gay conservatives to his organizations on-again, off-again relationship with the influential CPAC conference to his infamous feud with liberal LGBT activist Dan Savage, he’s never shied away from the spotlight and,…
Gay GOP group denounces gay Republican candidate as ‘a bad joke’
WASHINGTON – The nation’s best-known group representing gay conservatives fiercely denounced and dismissed gay GOP presidential candidate, Fred Karger of California. “Fred Karger’s candidacy is a bad joke. He is not a credible candidate,” GOProud‘s executive director Jimmy LaSalvia told Raw Story in an email. “For one, I’ve never heard…
GOP Sen. Jim DeMint joins boycott of CPAC over GOProud
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is the latest Republican who has chosen to skip this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over its inclusion of a pro-gay group. “With leading conservatives organizations not participating this year, Senator DeMint will not be attending,” Wesley Denton, a spokesman for the senator, told CNN.…
Conservatives welcome gays more than ever, Activist believes
The leader of a pro-gay conservative group said that he believed that more American conservatives now welcome gays into their political community. “The real story is that the conservative movement is more united than ever,” Christopher Barron of GOProud said on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Saturday. He continued, “There are…
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