After being under attack for weeks by conservative groups who opposed the inclusion of GOProud, a conservative gay rights group, at the CPAC conference -- with both groups and individuals boycotting the conference in protest -- the new head of CPAC, Al Cardenas, finally responds:

The new chair of the American Conservative Union, Al Cardenas, today distanced his organization from GOProud, telling FrumForum in an exclusive interview that “it’s going to be difficult to continue the relationship” with the gay conservative organization. [...] “I have been disappointed with their website and their quotes in the media, taunting organizations that are respected in our movement and part of our movement, and that’s not acceptable. And that puts them in a difficult light in terms of how I view things,” said Cardenas. [...] “It’s going to be difficult to continue the relationship [with GOProud] because of their behavior and attitude,” Cardenas told FrumForum.

Comedy. Homophobic bigots pulled out of CPAC and it's GOProud's fault, apparently for not ignoring homophobic bigotry that's directed at them.

As for GOProud, well, zero sympathy for them. They're the self-haters who identify with a political party that includes discrimination against them in the party platform, not to mention GOProud's dismissal of the protests over their inclusion as "outside the mainstream" of CPAC. Apparently not, given that Cardenas went on to say:

"There’s always going to be some tension, [but] there should never be any tension between time-tested values.” [...] Cardenas says that his priorities as the new ACU chairman will be focused on “making sure that our true friends never leave the table.”

Get that, GOProud? Their true friends. That doesn't include you.