Homophobia in GOP Makes It Hard for Party to Compete Nationally

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The sooner the party changes its stance on homosexuals, the faster it will make itself nationally competitive again, says Peter Beinart.

Published Feb. 19 2013 4:45AM EST

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There’s nothing cooler in today’s overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly Anglo Republican Party than being neither. For its State of the Union rebuttal, the GOP tapped Cuban-American Florida Sen.

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Homophobia in GOP Makes It Hard for Party to Compete Nationally

The sooner the party changes its stance on homosexuals, the faster it will make itself nationally competitive again, says Peter Beinart.

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