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Bush painting the GOP Lavender. (Insider Report).

The New American

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On May 31st, 200 members of the Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual pressure group, met with "senior administration officials in the Old Executive Office Building," reported the New York Times. The visit, according to the Times, ''symbolized their progress under President Bush.'' "In '96, Bob Dole returned a check [from the Log Cabin group]," recalled Louisiana Log Cabin activist Randy Boudreaux. "Now we're going to the White House."

Although George W. Bush is routinely described as a product of the "Christian Right," his approach to appeasing the Lavender Lobby differs little from that of his left-wing predecessor, Bill Clinton. "They [the Bush administration] have not taken steps forward, but they have not taken steps ...

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