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Eva Young is President of Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis with her cat, Kiddleleewink. You can also read her other blog here.
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September 16, 2004

Steve May is an openly gay former state legislator from Arizona. He is publically supporting John Kerry. Here is his statement.

I supported and campaigned for George W Bush in 2000 and took a lot of grief from my gay friends. I was even publicly scolded by Andrew Tobias at a fundraiser for the Victory Fund on Fire Island. I supported Bush because I believed that he would unite our party, reduce the size of government, balance the budget and secure freedom for every American.

I believed that the election of George Bush would be the final nail in the coffin of the horrid culture wars that have plagued our party for the past two decades.

For the first two years of his presidency, George Bush was on the path to live up to his promises. In the last two years, however, the Bush administration has undergone a major transformation. In an effort to appeal to various constituencies, he has both cut taxes and increased spending resulting in a ballooning federal government as well as a budget deficit. He has chosen to revert to the classic yet once abandoned GOP tactic of using gay Americans as the bogeyman to rally the theocrat wing of the party. He's throwing us overboard to bring the theocrats on board. Contrary to the man he promised to be in 2000, he has become a fiscal liberal and a social conservative.

Many of my gay Republican friends still think they should support Bush.

The fact is that the GOP through its platform and the Bush Administration have made it very clear that we are no longer welcome in the family. We have been abused and we must not run back into the arms of our abuser. Those of us who care about the Republican Party must repudiate this administration and this campaign. Bush has not governed as a Republican should govern on issues of freedom, family and fiscal responsibility.

Some gay Republicans think we should simply not vote in the presidential election. I strongly disagree. I will be voting for John Kerry and doing everything I can to help him win this election. John Kerry will be the strong leader we need in the war on terror. He will also be the president we need to secure the blessings of liberty for all Americans--including those of us who happen to be gay Republican Americans.

UPDATE: Moderate Republican has picked up Steve May's Statement.