Today's Wash Post reports that Republican party has kicked DC Council member David Catania out of the Republican national convention in New York City because he stood up to President Bush's bigoted proposal to make Catania and millions of other gay Americans second class citizens in the US Constitution. Catania was a delegate to the convention, and has raised nearly $80,000 for Bush's re-election.
This political fag-bashing comes on the heels of the Republican party of North Carolina telling a gay Republican group in that state last week that gays are "not normal" and not welcome at the party's state convention that took place this past weekend.
Catania, in response to the news, announced that he is leaving the DC Republican party.
In an effort to Uncle Tom the news of Catania's summary dismissal from the convention, and appear that the Republican's NYC convention will actually be accepting of gays, the Republican party quickly found a token "house homo," Carl Schmid, to replace David (i.e., a gay man with so few scruples he STILL openly supports Bush's re-election, and a man who would be so low as to accept taking David's place in order to provide cover for the party's clear homophobia).
It's clear that the only gays the Republican party leadership welcomes are men and women like openly-lesbian VP daughter Mary Cheney who are willing to sell their soul for a very small and very quiet obstructed-view place at the small fold-up card table in the room next to "the table." Lick our boots and cut our cotton, and you're welcome in our party. Actually stand up and defend the party's founding principles, and be a true and honest representative of the community you represent, and you'll be fag-bashed quicker than you can sing "Proud to be an American."
