Quote of note:

If someone can help me understand these black gay Republicans’ reasoning, I’m all ears.

If you find someone that understands, please, please, PLEASE cc me on the memo.

Anyway…

Black, gay and backing Bush
It must be tough to be black, gay and Republican, but it’s even tougher to explain endorsing President Bush.
By REV. JIM WEBB
Oct. 15, 2004

WHEN I WAS 8, I tied a towel around my shoulders and attempted to jump off the second floor balcony like Superman. My mother screamed, “Have you lost your natural mind?”

When a black gay Republican group recently endorsed George Bush, I had the same reaction. Have they lost their natural minds?

The move was characterized as a repudiation of the Log Cabin Republicans’ decision not to endorse Bush. However, I couldn’t help thinking that it was more like a conservative black group joining the Klan out of frustration with conservatives.

My “natural mind” works a little like Mr. Spock’s, looking at everything logically. This endorsement does not compute.

Could the endorsement be because of the Bush administration’s stand on AIDS, which is to cut funding and take the ostrich approach of teaching abstinence to the next generation of minority youth who are at risk?

Could it be because of President Bush’s “progressive” efforts to help black people, like the No Child Left Behind Act, which could be renamed No Child (with a family income over $100,000) Left Behind.

Perhaps these black gay Republicans feel their safety is more assured under Bush’s leadership. I believe that after four more years of Bush, most gay people are likely to have their civil rights attacked than they are likely to be attacked by terrorists.

Or perhaps this support is a result of Bush’s courageous stance on discrimination, which most black gays have experienced. Except Bush supports codifying discrimination into our Constitution.

If someone can help me understand these black gay Republicans’ reasoning, I’m all ears.