{"id":8284,"date":"2014-09-30T06:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T10:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-the-gop-are-better-together\/"},"modified":"2014-09-30T06:25:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T10:25:26","slug":"op-ed-why-lgbt-and-the-gop-are-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-the-gop-are-better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed: Why LGBT and the GOP Are Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Op-ed: Why LGBT and the GOP Are Better Together<\/b><br \/>\n<!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Even committed progressives should understand why the Republican Party needs LGBT voters and why LGBT voters need the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2014\/09\/30\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-gop-are-better-together\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Craffey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2014\/09\/30\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-gop-are-better-together\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2014\/09\/30\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-gop-are-better-together<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op-ed: Why LGBT and the GOP Are Better Together Even committed progressives should understand why the Republican Party needs LGBT voters and why LGBT voters need the Republican Party. read more Matthew Craffey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2014\/09\/30\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-gop-are-better-together\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2014\/09\/30\/op-ed-why-lgbt-and-gop-are-better-together<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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