Are times a changin’ for gay GOPers? With Larry Craig as an unlikely poster boy, some gay Republicans interviewed by Reuters sure seem to think so.

“I believe that the approach of the social extremists eliminates our party’s ability to grow in the future,” said Doug Warner, a member of the Log Cabin Republicans who drives an SUV and likes hunting and fishing.

“Somewhere along the way our party was hijacked by the social extremists who say that government needs to regulate things that were once considered private,” added Warner’s partner Truman Smith, who works as a private consultant and is the president of Log Cabin’s South Carolina chapter. “If we believe in lower taxes and less government, what are we going to do? Become Democrats?”

Regarding GOP front runner Rudy Giuliani, Noel Freeman, head of Log Cabin’s Houston chapter, said this: “I think it is refreshing to see a prominent Republican who is supportive of our issues doing so well.” She also said that she’s “afraid that the Republican Party is going to make itself so pure that it will be able to meet in a phone booth.”

“When we make social issues our priority then the Republican party loses independents and swing voters and loses elections,” concluded Jimmy LaSalvia, Log Cabin’s grassroots outreach director.