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In remarks to this evening’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, author Reverend James Lee Peterson asked for people to stand up and tell him if he was wrong. When Peterson suggested that in order to encourage more black Americans to enter into marriages, the Government must pass a constitutional amendment redefining it as between only one man and one woman, L.A. Log Cabin President Len Lanzi did just that.

Lanzi asked Peterson why, if he believes, that marriage creates stability in society and is good for children, that a whole group of Americans should be denied the right to marry. Not having an answer, the Reverend quoted the Bible. A former Log Cabin member who sits on the Central Committee then stood up and asked if the Reverend supported slavery, since, after all, it is in the Bible, too. The ruckus prompted Chairman Linda Boyd to have to give an empassioned speech about tolerance of all Republicans–gay straight an otherwise.

While those members of Log Cabin who run for positions and are elected to serve on their County Central Committees may not be changing policies, they are standing up to bigotry, changing hearts and minds and putting a face on gay Americans which the GOP may otherwise not see. For that, we should commend all of them.