"Civil rights are grounded in natural rights. Natural rights are grounded in human nature. Human nature is a rational substance in relationship to the intelligible end of the reproductive act of reproduction. Do you understand that?"
Bigot: A person who wins an argument with a liberal ~ Rush Limbaugh.
With the announcement that CPAC 2010 had accepted sponsorship from gay-rights political group Log Cabin Republicans' splinter group GOProud, political peoples from all walks of life scratched their head in confusion.
Gay sympathists and liberals wondered why in the world GOProud would not only even consider sponsoring CPAC, but to do so alongside conservative groups as Focus on the Family and Concerned Women for America. It has been explained that LCR has become too much of a left-leaning gay rights group that is masquerading as a Republican group. I don't know if I'd use the word 'leaning', much less 'masquerading'.
Conservatives and pro-family attendees pondered why CPAC would accept sponsorship from a group whose raison d'être was not exactly in alignment with the very principles that CPAC was founded on. Principles that attendees and invited speakers, and yes sponsors, generally share.
Personally, I am in agreement with Ryan Sorba's quote from above. I am not one of those who thinks Republicans must take on a "big tent" policy in order to win because I don't think compromising on core principles is the first step on the path to victory. And defining marriage as an act that is reserved for one man and one woman would be one of those core principles. If winning is everything regardless of how you get there you might as well sit around discussing which foods that burn fat taste the best. That would hold as much significance to your outcome as telling your supporters that those who would see the end of the family are welcome to the party.
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