GOProud, an organization that “represents gay conservatives and their allies” announced that it would be holding a special reception in NYC called “Homocon 2010″. To many’s surprise, the Keynote Speaker of the evening will be Ann Coulter. To make things even more interesting, an outspoken libertarian, PayPal founder Peter Thiel (check out an essay he published with Cato Unbound here), will be hosting the event in his home. In announcing that Thiel will be hosting the event, the Daily Caller highlighted the recent shift in conservative attitudes towards the issue of homosexuality and the rights of individuals who are homosexual. Most interesting was the end of the article:
GOProud sponsor Lisa DePasquale, who organizes the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest gathering of conservatives in the country, told TheDC that she has seen a general shift in attitudes toward gays among conservatives.
“The movement in general has been supportive of lots of different groups,” she said, adding that she was not speaking on behalf of her organization. “Part of it has to do with younger generations of people now running the other [conservative] groups and I think that probably helps. Most people seem to be okay with it.”
Could it be that Ms. DePasquale is referring to the group of young people below? (And if so, can we start saying that SFL and the student movement for liberty is starting to change conservative minds?)
Read the full Daily Caller article here.
Brilliant! McCobin is composed and concise, SFL all the way!