host: let's leave it there and go to greg lee -- gregory angelo.first, thanks for the call under support, david. idea, you mentioned the of working with other gay advocacy organizations, and we have a history of at times collaborating with other gay advocacy organizations thomas certainly when it comes to issues we agree with like marriage equality. are happy to partner up. i come to this position as executive director of log cabin republicans from being the share of log cabin republicans in new york state and being having the -- having the honor of working with the coalition of gay at this is the groups -- of gay advocacy groups. we were the only organization, log cabin republicans, the only partisan organization that was involved in that lobbying process. in order to get republican votes, the governor realized he needed to work with log cabin republicans. what that tommy is that there are certainly times when we need to be a part of this guy like you make conservative case for marriage equality, because organizations on the left do not know how t

host: let's get response from gregory angelo. guest: are you sure you're calling in on the democratic line because your first argument sounded libertarian to me. that is the idea of getting government out of the of the marriage business. yes i can assure that you i am a republican. it's important to make a broader clarification. when republicans talk about being in support of less government, it doesn't mean we're in support of no government. there is a clear distinction people who support less government who are conservatives and people who want no government, those are called airkist. when it comes to less government, the institution of marriage is something that is recognized. it's not something we're looking to abolish. we want to have equal assess to it that committed hetero sexual couples have. we're playing in the reality that marriage exist and we feel committed same sex couples should be able to engage in civil marriage partnerships. regardless of the associations among social conservatives with abortion and gay marriage