# Why Log Cabin Republican? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950 "2012-02-15T18:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/1 "2012-02-15T18:17:50Z")
It may be me with my maturity level permanently stuck at about age 12 but I sure wouldn’t call a gay political organization “log” anything. So, where does the name come from? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/2 "2012-02-15T18:22:21Z")
It refers to Abraham Lincoln and is a statement that they believe in the original values of the republican party. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/3 "2012-02-15T18:29:36Z")
And also the persistent rumors that Lincoln may have been gay. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/4 "2012-02-15T18:56:42Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > And also the persistent rumors that Lincoln may have been gay. Really? Or am I being whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/5 "2012-02-15T19:22:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Really? Or am I being whooshed? [Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_Abraham_Lincoln) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/6 "2012-02-15T19:26:26Z")
Edit: Beaten to the link. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/7 "2012-02-15T21:27:34Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Edit: Beaten to the link. Okay, how about this one: [Was Abraham Lincoln gay?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2502/was-abraham-lincoln-gay) It may be less thorough and less up to date, but it’s the Straight Dope! ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/8 "2012-02-15T23:37:56Z")
I simply can’t shake the feeling that it refers to Monty Python’s [Lumberjack song](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/monty-python/lumberjack.html). ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/9 "2012-02-16T00:15:39Z")
I, for one, welcome our new gay Republican overlords. I remind them that, as a noted SD personality, I can be of assistance in rounding up peons to work in their FABULOUS mansions as they legislate themselves more tax cuts for the rich. ---
**Author:** ![logcabin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@logcabin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/logcabin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-log-cabin-republican/612950/10 "2012-02-19T20:17:54Z")
I suppose it didn’t occur to anyone to ask Log Cabin itself. We wanted to be the “Lincoln Club” but it was taken, so we went to his “roots” “The name of the organization is a reference to the first Republican President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who was born in a Log Cabin. President Lincoln built the Republican Party on the principles of liberty and equality. The party should return to its roots. When the organization was founded, the name, “Lincoln Club” was already taken by another GOP group, so organizers settled on the name Log Cabin Republicans”. [http://www.logcabin.org/site/c.nsKSL7PMLpF/b.6417383/k.B012/Our\_History.htm](http://www.logcabin.org/site/c.nsKSL7PMLpF/b.6417383/k.B012/Our_History.htm) Fred Schein, Secretary, Log Cabin Club of San Francisco [www.logcabinclubofsanfrancisco.org](http://www.logcabinclubofsanfrancisco.org)