From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 12, 1972:

Recent resolutions adopted by Douglas County Democrats were serving as either a “source of irritation” or a “matter of amusement,” depending on whom you asked. The resolutions, adopted at three separate caucuses within the county, included one to end discrimination against homosexuals in the areas of housing and employment. This county chairman W. J. Brink referred to as “that damned Gay Lib thing,” saying, “Don’t ask me about it; I’m not associated with it — I don’t have anything to do with it.” He added that he believed he was in good company, saying that his position against the resolution was in line with most party regulars. He also mentioned his distaste for two other resolutions that had been adopted, one to abolish all Kansas laws prohibiting the use and sale of marijuana, and the other calling for abortions to “be legally available to any and all women who wish such an operation.” State Democratic chairman Norbert Dreiling pointed out that the purpose of the local meetings was to choose delegates, not to take positions, adding that sponsors of such resolutions “take themselves so damned seriously” and that nowhere else in the state had such resolutions surfaced. When a reporter asked Dreiling if the Democratic Party was “the party of homosexuals,” he laughed for a while before responding, “We still believe in the perpetuation of the human race. There’s always the prospect of more Democrats.”