> Thiel, the controversial mogul who helped to found PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, to cheers said: “I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American.”
The crowd then erupted into a short chant of “USA! USA!”
The GOP platform includes a reference to conversion therapy and repeated statements in opposition to gay marriage. The platform committee even rejected an effort to mention LGBT people as victims of terrorism by Isis.
Thiel brushed off these concerns. “I don’t pretend to agree with every plank in our party’s platform. B…