This is a particularly delusional response to the revelation that former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman is gay from Peter Wehner:
I suppose that's predictable. He is, after all, the most powerful Republican ever to identify himself as gay. But my sense is that it'll be a lot less of a big deal to conservatives than it might be to liberals like (just to choose one name at random) Frank Rich, for whom the political is also the personal. While it’s something that runs counter to the stereotype, most of the conservatives I know are largely to completely indifferent to a person’s sexual orientation. They are the kind of people who might even invite Elton John to perform at their weddings and not give a second thought to the fact that John is gay.
Aside from the rather obvious point that polls consistently show still strong but eroding conservative opposition to LGBT rights, what Wehner is essentially saying is that conservatives are totally cool with you being gay, as long as you keep quiet about it and don't stand in the way of them exploiting homophobic sentiment for political gain.
