Republicans, do you expect ANY gay people to vote for the Republican?

[HST1948]

Incidentally, aren't you the same guy who claimed that Argentina never invaded the Falkland Islands?

I guess it depends on the level of election we are talking about. I mean in many cases Republicans running on the state and local levels esp in the Northeast, West, and some some Southern states like VA and FL tend to be less obsessed with social issues then the National GOP Base. For ex. I know a few homosexuals where I go to school who would give their support state and local GOP candidates, and in the county I live the GOP ran an openly gay man for a county supervisor seat.

Totally agreed.  I voted for a republican state senator (granted he went on to become the tie breaking senator in favor of gay marriage in NY ) and Chris Lee (before the whole Craigs list incident).  The point is in state like New York, and others, the republicans are not as offensive and obsessed with gay rights as the many of the people running for the GOP on a national level. I can say that the state and local officials where I'm from are far to the left of Romney on gay issues, lets not even mention Santorum. For this reason, I have no problem as a gay person voting republican. I recently moved to Missouri, however and the story is completely different

[HST1948]

Let's also not forget that the final push to get rid of Don't Ask Don't Tell was initiated by the Log Cabin Republicans, after Obama continued to drag his feet.

More importantly, that the policy was initiated by Bill Clinton, a Democrat.

Bill Clinton instituted don't ask don't tell because it was actually an improvement over the current system.  As much as I hate to say it, at the time don't as don't tell was a liberal move and a step in the right direction for gay rights.  As my Navy grandfather says, "Before that damned Democrat Bill Clinton got into office they asked, and you told... and then we could get rid of you" obviously referring to gays in the military.