The quality of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plus disagreement with George W. Bush has propelled some gay Republicans to cross the partisan aisle in this election.

Noel Freeman, President of the Log Cabin Republicans chapter in Houston, is one of these people. And because of that he said he’ll be stepping down from his Log Cabin position very soon — as in two days.

Freeman has been with the Log Cabin Republicans in Houston since August of 2006. He has been struggling recently with the idea of changing parties.

“I’ve thought long and hard about becoming a Democrat,” he said, “I’ve really looked at all candidates and I really feel strongly about Obama. That’s why I’ve decided to make that jump. I’ve decided to become one of his precinct captains.”

According to Texas’ voting regulations this change is okay since voters need not be bound to a party when they hit the polls.

Freeman said he will be resigning his Log Cabin Presidency the day after Houston’s two-step primary and caucus on Tuesday. But not a minute earlier.

“I think it’s important for us to get the organization through the primary and set some of the goals for the general election,” Freeman said.

At the same time he is an avid volunteer in Barack Obama’s campaign. As a member of the Texas LGBT Steering Committee he spends his free time canvassing the streets of Houston to inform the people, especially the Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender community about the importance of electing Obama.

On Saturday night he helped lead volunteers around the Montrose area, a predominately gay part of town to tell people why he, as a Republican was leaving the party for Obama.

“The gay and lesbian community has been used as a political football for the last eight years,” said Freeman, “We’ve been used as a wedge issue. If you look at the Texas Republican Party Platform, it’s been openly hostile to the GLBT community; and what’s important to me is that we have a candidate who wants to reach across party lines, who wants to be the unifier that George Bush said he would be, but never could be.”Freeman and others like him in Houston are eagerly awaiting their chance to vote. Their outreach efforts will culminate on Tuesday, but he will be campaigning until the last minute.