Gay GOP Group: Huge Opportunity for 'Healing on All Sides'

The Log Cabin Republicans praised the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling upholding gay marriage nationwide, calling it "a tremendous opportunity for healing on all sides."

"Today, the Supreme Court of the United States finally recognized what Log Cabin Republicans has long advocated for: the constitutional right of committed same-sex couples to engage in civil marriage partnerships," said Gregory Angelo, the group's national executive director.

Founded in 1977, the organization consists of LGBT members of the Republican Party and is based in Washington.

"At hand lies a tremendous opportunity for healing on all sides," Angelo said. "Log Cabin Republicans encourages marriage equality advocates to resist the temptation of being 'sore winners' and respecting others who may not yet be at a place of acceptance; and opponents of marriage equality who can light a way out of the LGBT culture wars by recognizing that civil marriage for committed same-sex couples is no threat to any straight couple’s marriage, family, or faith.

"This is a watershed moment for the LGBT rights movement — one that had its genesis on the center-right," Angelo said. "The Log Cabin Republicans congratulates … those committed same-sex couples who moved national sentiment on marriage equality so far, so fast simply by living their lives in quiet dignity."

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