Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:12:09 -0500
From: Kevin Ivers <kivers@lcr.org>
Subject: Bush/LCR in the news

BUSH ON LOG CABIN (Larry King Live, CNN December 16, 1999)
Bush, asked why he will not meet with the Log Cabin Republicans, Bush:
"They asked me whether or not I'd meet with them, I said, probably not,
because I didn't want to create a ruckus. I believe someone's sexual
orientation is their personal business. ... I've got a lot of members of
the Log Cabin Republican club that support me. I welcome gay support. I
want gay support in my campaign." Asked if he would appoint gays to serve
in his cabinet, Bush: "I've got a record of tolerance as the governor of
the state of Texas. People know that I judge each person by their heart and
soul, but I don't ask people that work for me what their sexual orientation
is. ... I don't think we should. I don't think we ought to be asking that
question. I think my sexual life is my personal business and I believe
yours is as well. ... What's an issue to me is, does the person share my
philosophy, my conservative  philosophy, can they do the job. But I don't
ask people what their sexual orientation is."

LOG CABIN ON BUSH ("Here's The Point with Mark Halperin," ABC Radio, 12/17).
Log Cabin Republicans exec. dir. Rich Tafel, on what he hears from Bush
that makes him believe "that maybe he will be open to not just meeting with
your group but to sharing a common vision of what the party will be about?"
Tafel: "Well, his basic principles that he articulates are on the mark,
about being inclusive and the party needs to change its image and reach out
to minorities and so forth. But it's not unusual for people to have those
views ... and then discriminate. And I think it's just a matter of having
advanced those principles to the next group, and then understand that it's
the same principle at work here, discrimination is discrimination"

Log Cabin Republicans		Kevin Ivers
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