Gay and Republican

I've been listening to the radio and television quite abit the last few weeks, and something that I keep hearing repeated by numerous hosts, on the current political forefront, is if your LGBT, and your voting republican then your an "Uncle Tom", as in being gay but taking sides with the enemy. I heard one radio host on XM saying when he came out to his parents a few years ago, they had always been staunch republicans, and he told them that if they continued to vote republican it was the same as voting against him, as they were supportive of him and his boyfriend.

I take offense to this notion.  Number 1, in my opinion being LGBT, is not and should not be in the political realm.  I'm gay.  Maybe your gay, maybe your straight, or somewhere in between.  It doesn't matter. Just because I'm gay doesn't mean, that I believe in liberal fiscal policies, the welfare state, and taking from the rich to give to the poor (wealth re-distribution), gun control, and most of the other planks in the Democratic platform.  What I do mean is that, yes the Republican party is against gay rights, but for the most part the rest of the platform I agree with.  Do I like it, that they don't support my rights as a human being? No, but that is one of the give and take areas, I choose to give on. 

I doubt that everyone in the Republican party agrees with every plank, and the same with the Democratic party as well. Hell I bet there are just as many Democrats who don't like the party supporting gay rights, as there are Republicans that don't like our party denying gay rights.  To me its almost like saying if your gay then you have to be a Democrat, and if your straight, then you have to be a republican.

No one is ever going to agree 100% with each other, were all different, and in being different, that is what makes us human.  As for me I will remain a Republican, but will try to change the way our party looks at us, by setting an example they can see in a positive way, not the example people see from so many in the LGBT community.  I have lots of friends who are Republican, straight, and know that I am gay, they don't have a problem with me or my partner, and feel that we are getting the shaft...no pun intended, and I believe that in a few short years our party will reverse their stance on gays.