A co-founder of the Broward
County, FL tea party has written an anxious plea for help from the state
Republican Party chairman over an alleged takeover of the local
Republican Party by the Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT Republican group.
The two factions of
Republicans went to war when Log Cabin spokesperson Andy Eddy emailed a
press release celebrating the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Employee Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), which bars discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The email quoted national Log
Cabin Republican director Gregory T. Angelo, who said, “Undoubtedly, the
Republican Party is going through a cultural shift as more Republican
legislators consistently step up for LGBT Americans. LCR believes this
momentum already existing in the Party will help propel this bill to the
House floor. Once there, we’re confident it will pass. We encourage GOP
House leadership of the 113th Congress to allow a conscience vote on ENDA and make history once again.”
Kilkullen responded with an impassioned email supporting the House Republicans’ resistance to the bill.
“We must fight with all we
have,” she wrote. “We must put pressure on the House like has never
been seen before. I’ll be damned if I will ever be forced to hire
someone with orange hair, body/neck/face covered with tattoos, multiple
piercings, or a man in a dress… or for that matter, a demonstrative
effeminate male or purposeful butch-looking female.”
“The Log Cabins are the same
lobbyist organization that has all but taken over” the Broward County
Republican Party, she continued.
“This is the same group who, based on nothing other than his recent stand for gay marriage, supports Chris Christie and
who publicly worked against Cuccinelli for his stand for traditional
marriage,” she fumed. “Keep in mind, this is a thug organization with
only their own ‘special interests’ in play.”
Her entire email is available here.
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