Gay GOP group Log Cabin Republicans
believes GOP support for gay marriage is inevitable.
Appearing Tuesday on MSNBC, Casey Pick
told host Thomas Roberts that increasing support among young
Republicans will eventually force a change in the party's official
position.
“This is a rapid change,” Pick
said, “and it is something that the Republican Party will have
to incorporate as it goes forward and looks ahead to victories.”
Log Cabin Republicans also received
significant backlash for supporting GOP presidential nominee Mitt
Romney, who is opposed to marriage and civil unions for gay couples.
“Lesbian voters like all Americans
are multifaceted individuals, and when you speak about the potential
for the fiscal cliff and damage to the economy, we considered the
economy when we made our endorsement,” she said. “After meeting
with the candidate and speaking with the campaign frequently, we did
come to the conclusion that we felt we could work with a Romney
administration on issues like workplace non-discrimination.”
Pick used President Barack Obama's
“evolution” on marriage equality to suggest a similar process was
taking place within the Republican Party.
“We are Republicans who can speak to
other Republicans to make the conservative case for these issues. We
have watched the United States move very rapidly on these issues over
the last 10 years, and as much as President Obama had a process to
evolve on the issue of marriage, the same is also true for
Republicans, more and more of whom today are coming to support even
the freedom to marry.”