State Rep. Cary Allred will stick with his party after all.
Allred, a Burlington Republican, told reporters he was thinking about leaving the party after several of his Republican House colleages reported they were disturbed by his conduct on the House floor.
As late as Thursday, Allred was saying he was planning to switch his registration to "unaffiliated." Late Thursday, state Republican chairwoman Linda Daves called for his resignation.
By Friday he had a change of heart.
"I am not going to change my party," Allred said. "Friends of mine called and asked me not to."
He said he is not taking Daves' rebuke seriously.
"She never did anything to help me get elected. She doesn't know me. I don't know her," Allred said. "She does not know my constituents and my constituents don't know her."




Re: Tom Fetzer
No one has said there is anything wrong with being gay. However the GOP has traditionally not supported the homosexual lifestyle and certainly the mainstream convention goer would not vote for an openly gay Chairman. I also can not agree with the statement "that's just the way some people are." People are NOT born gay. Homosexuality is a choice not a gene. If someone chooses to be gay that is their personal choice but I hate the argument that they were "born that way". RTB needs to quit worrying about having to babysit comments over a nice long weekend.