Conservative group won't let gay Republican organization participate in conference

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Attendees of the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this June won't be able to meet with representatives from the Log Cabin Republicans, as organizers will not allow the gay GOP group to have an official presence at the event.

The Centennial Institute, a think tank affiliated with Colorado Christian University that puts the event together every year, said the Log Cabin Republicans cannot have a booth at an event that "promotes traditional family structure," The Associated Press reports. The institute's president, John Andrews, said a registration check for $250 has been returned to the conservative gay-rights group, adding, "We'd love to have them attend the summit and be in the discussion, but we have to draw the line at a formal relationship between two organizations with diametrically opposed policy beliefs."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.