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24 Jan 2011 16:40

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Politics: CPAC’s GOProud invite fractures social conservatives

  • cause The ultra-conservative CPAC conference has invited GOProud,  an organization for LGBT conservatives, to attend.
  • effect Following the lead of some socially conservative groups, Sen. Jim DeMint and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan will not attend.  source
  • » Last year at CPAC: Virulently anti-gay activist Ryan Sorba condemned the 2010 event over the acceptance of GOProud into the fold, and was booed off the stage. This will, it seems, be an ongoing issue for the conference.
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04 Aug 2010 21:03

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Politics: Marriage ban overturned: Other key storylines in the Prop 8 case

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01 Apr 2010 20:41

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Politics: The Republican National Committee looks like a big bag of fail

  • one Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins told people to stop donating to the RNC, calling them tone-deaf for their strip club drama.
  • two Sarah Palin requested that her name get taken off the speaker list for a RNC event near the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
  • three If all that stuff isn’t bad enough for the RNC, a fund-raising mailer released by the group directed readers to a sex chat line. Oops.
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11 Nov 2009 21:38

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Politics: Olympia Snowe could get snowed out by her own party

  • Well of course there is an audience that would love to see Olympia Snowe out of office, within the ranks of social conservatives, that’s for certain.
  • Family Research Council Action PAC president Connie Mackey • Describing social conservatives’ newfound desire to get moderate Maine Senator Olympia Snowe out of office. The group is encouraged by a recent study by Public Policy Polling that showed Snowe would lose 59%-31% to a generic Republican challenger in a primary. For some reason, they think it’s a good idea to make their party more conservative, not less. We just don’t understand it. (hat tip Andrew Sullivan) • source
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18 Sep 2009 18:26

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Politics: The Religious Right’s having a reunion this weekend. Remember them?

  • We have been on a slippery slope since 1973, since we decided it was perfectly okay to terminate the life of a healthy unborn child.
  • Former Arkansas Governor (and presumptive 2012 presidential candidate) Mike Huckabee • Describing the moral climate of the country at the Family Research Council’s Value Voters Summit. The Religious Right will probably be the key voting bloc for Republicans in 2012 if they have any chance of beating Obama – a fact likely proven by both John McCain‘s loss last year and the party’s current disarray in comparison with their strength eight years ago. • source
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