Bush moved party backward, gay delegates say
Four years ago, Republican gay activists were elated that presidential candidate George W. Bush was willing to meet with them and welcome their presence in the GOP, even if he didn't embrace their agenda. Today, many of those activists feel betrayed. President Bush now is running on a platform that calls for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and opposes domestic partnership laws. Bush long has favored allowing faith-based groups to receive federal funding, even though some of them refuse to hire gays and lesbians. "In many ways, he's taken us back instead of forward," said Brian Bennett, a California Republican delegate from Long Beach.
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