Washington, D.C., April 11, 2004:  Word has it from our capitol that the Log Cabin Elephants, the mainly gay male lobbying group within the Republiphants Party, are feeling betrayed, and may be ready to support the opposition. 

At a press conference this morning, President Tusker, the large, handsome fellow with the distinctive nick in his left ear, announced  that it is indeed time for the group to align itself with the Demodonks.  Such a sharp turnaround is almost unheard of in the political dens of DC. Indeed, the Log Cabin constituency has been responsible for raising a good portion of the funds for the incumbent's try for a second term in office, and in most ways other than the issue of same sex NIPtuals is solidly behind the administration's views -- on war, for example.  But...

"The President promised us he would not support a ban on same sex marriage in the constitution," Eugene Edgar, Press Secretary of the Log Cabin herd, explained to media.  "However, once he saw states beginning to actually marry folks of the same gender, he changed his mind.  We feel completely hog-tied. The rights we've struggled so long to obtain appear to be totally unimportant to him after all, despite his repeated assurances to the contrary.

"We cannot regret the past," the Press Secretary continued, "and the fact that we have helped the President in his campaign for reelection by manifesting mucho bucks. But we can point the deer, and other members of the Party, in the direction of the Dems, whom we feel will support our drive for equal rights!"

In elucidating the benefits of real marriage further, Mayling Pickering, a young lady chow who recently was admitted into the Log Cabin band added, "We want the same rights as straights to make medical decisions for a spouse whose humans want to put him to sleep.  Our spider members want the same rights to hold onto the tuffet and all other property upon death of their spouse.  There are almost a thousand rights real NIPtuals confer on couples.  Civil ceremonies just don't cut it!"

A final announcement of the Log Cabin flip-flop is expected within the week.  Stay tuned.