In a television interview , Bush said if he found out his grandchild was gay , he would " love his child " , but tell him homosexuality was n't normal and discourage him from working for gay rights . In February 1992 , the chairman of the Bush-Quayle campaign met with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force . In May 1992 , he appointed Anne-Imelda Radice to serve as the Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts . Losing ground in the 1992 Republican president primary to President Bush 's far-right challenger , Pat Buchanan , the Bush campaign turned to the right , and President Bush publicly denounced same-sex marriage . The 1992 Log Cabin Republican convention was held in Spring , Texas , a Houston exurb . The main issue discussed was whether or not LCR would endorse the re-election of President George H. W. Bush . The group voted to deny that endorsement because Bush did not denounce anti-gay rhetoric at the 1992 Republican National Convention . Many in the gay community believed President Bush had n't done enough on the issue of AIDS . Urvashi Vaid argues that Bush 's anti-gay rhetoric " motivated conservative gay Democrats and loyal gay Republicans , who had helped defeat Dukakis in 1988 , to throw their support behind Clinton . " In 1992 , the City Council passed " The Health Benefits Expansion Act " , which was signed into law by the Mayor of Washington , D.C . The bill , which established domestic partnerships in the District of Columbia , became law on June 11 , 1992 . Every year from 1992 to 2000 , the Republican leadership of the U.S. Congress added a rider to the District of Columbia appropriations bill that prohibited the use of federal or local funds to implement the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act . On October 5 , 1992 , Bush signed the H.R. 6056 into law , which included the Republican rider to the appropriations bill
1992 Republican National Convention
1992 Republican National Convention
LGBT conservatism in the United States