Conservatives Running Away from Conservative Conference Because Some Gays Might Show Up

Heritage Foundation Moves Closer To Fringe, Drops Out Of CPAC
As the Conservative Movement moves further and further to the fringe, the Heritage Foundation, once the bastion of conservative intellectualism, has decided to align itself with the hard right. The Washington Times reports that Heritage is among several conservative groups that will be skipping this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in response to the participation of GOProud — a gay Republican group — in the popular annual gathering. Other social-issues groups opting t...

Conservative Groups Split Over Participation Of GOProud At Annual CPAC Conference
Conservative Groups Split Over Participation Of GOProud At Annual CPAC Conference The Family Research Council and a few other social conservative organizations like Concerned Women for America, American Principles Project and American Values are refusing to attend next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to Protest the participation GOProud, a Gay Rights group. But Focus on Family is staying put, at least for now: “They made a mistake,” CitizenLink spoke...

'Family Research Council' Expains Boycot of Conservative Conference
In an email to supporters titled, "Sticking up for the 'C' in CPAC," Tony Perkins, president of the prominent social conservative Family Research Council, explained why his group would not attend this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). "FRC has chosen not to partner with a 'conservative' event that places the protection of marriage on the same plane as redefining it," wrote Perkins. "Would CPAC team up with the Brady Campaign which fights to restrict--if not abolish--the Se...

A Time to Choose for the Conservative Movement
Tonight, World Net Daily continued its pathbreaking coverage of what amounts to an assault on the Conservative Movement.  Ironically, this assault is not coming from outside the movement’s ranks.  Rather, it is being perpetrated by some of the key organizers of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next month in Washington. First, WND revealed troubling information about the apparent misappropriation of $400,000 in ACU funds , embroiling Chairman David Keene ...

Right Wing Boycott Movement Links CPAC to the Muslim Brotherhood
Incensed over the participation of the conservative gay-rights group GOProud in the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, far-right Activists are now trying to connect the major conservative event to the Muslim Brotherhood. The American Conservative Union (ACU), which hosts CPAC, has been the target of Religious Right groups and leaders over their handling of GOProud’s involvement, with Joseph Farah even calling for Conservatives to “Purge” the ACU from the movemen...

FRC: Conservatives and Gays "Cannot Coexist"
[W]e continue to believe in the founding principles behind CPAC--even if some of its organizers seem to have forgotten ... FRC has chosen not to partner with a "conservative" event that places the protection of marriage on the same plane as redefining it. Would CPAC team up with the Brady Campaign which fights to restrict--if not abolish--the Second Amendment? Would it collaborate with groups who promote doubling capital gains taxes? Regardless of what CPAC organizers may believe, cons...

For the record, this does bother me
I usually, as a rule, do not link to WorldNetDaily — But this story here stands out a bit…. Via Farah’s Site: WASHINGTON - Another Headache has emerged for the largest annual gathering of Conservatives slated for next month. With the Conservative Political Action Conference under fire for allowing participation by a Homosexual Activist group called GOProud and for a financial Scandal in which some $400,000 was misappropriated under the watch of current leadership, Frank Gaf...

The CPAC wars
Second time as farce, with WND -- a player among social Conservatives unhappy with the conservative conference -- reporting: With the Conservative Political Action Conference under fire for allowing participation by a Homosexual Activist group called GOProud and for a financial Scandal in which some $400,000 was misappropriated under the watch of current leadership, Frank Gaffney, a leader of...

The CPAC War: Getting Weirder
So the movement right is having a huge fight over who gets to attend CPAC. Some background here and here as the bigfeet of Christianism - from NOM to FRC - refuse to attend if a splinter gay-right group, GOProud, is included. But who could have predicted this development: it's all being orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood: Frank Gaffney, a leader of the Conservative Movement for the last 30 years, charges that CPAC has come under the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is working to ...

Right-Wingers Claim Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated CPAC
The right-wing site World Net Daily and conservative columnist Frank Gaffney came up with a new reason this week to hate the Conservative Political Action Conference, arguing that it has been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood thanks to Grover Norquist, the Republican group Muslims For America, and Ex-Bush Staffer Suhail Khan. In an interview with TPM today, Khan described how "every few months there's a different iteration of [Gaffney] and his cohorts' wild accusations," but it is simply u...

Should Gays Be a Part of the Conservative Movement?
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago Activist Ryan Sorba challenged NewsReal Blog’s managing editor David Swindle to a debate about Homosexuality and Conservatism. This is the first round of what will be three rounds of debate. Each participant will have 700 words in each round. YES . By David Swindle If you masturbate then you can’t call yourself a conservative. If you eat pork or shellfish then there’s no room for you on the Right. If you’ve been divorced then you̵

No Tea For Gays? Ctd
Jonathan Rauch argues that the anti-GOProud CPAC scuffle exposes a Republican weak spot:  [C]onservatives’ hostility to Homosexuality isolates them politically from the rest of the public, and the anti-gay consensus is fracturing even on the right (44 percent of Republicans say Homosexuality should be accepted by society). Translation: an issue which once divided and dispirited the Democratic coalition while uniting and energizing Conservatives now cuts the other way. It’s a wedge is...

Conservatives and gays and Muslims -- oh my
Conservatives AND GAYS AND MuslimS -- OH MY.... The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), arguably the nation's largest annual right-wing gathering, kicks off in about a month. Under normal circumstances, the buzz would be about the speakers' list and the size of the crowd. And that would make sense. This should be an especially big year for CPAC -- emboldened Republican Party Leaders will be on hand to boast about their right-wing agenda, and a legion of likely presidential candida...

Conservatives issue demands to Republicans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A coalition of conservative Activists issued a statement Thursday warning Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress to keep their promises. The group of 47 included longtime fiscal and social Conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, The Hill reported. They laid out an eight-point plan that includes cutting Government Spending to the ...

GAFFNEY REMINDS US WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF NORQUIST
Frank Gaffney has written on Big Peace about some serious downsides to CPAC, including misappropriation of funds, and even most disturbingly, Islam apologists Grover Norquist and Suhail Khan, who are covered in this important WND article here. Norquist and Khan's involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood is something that Conservatives who understand the threat of Islamofascism and shari'a are going to have to ponder, because in order to combat the threats effectively, that's why they must not b...

Creeping Jihadis Join Sodomites, Infiltrate CPAC
I don’t know why any good rock-ribbed conservative Tea Partier would even think of attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this year. I mean, look at the exhibitors! Not only are there going to be Sodomites, it’s also been infiltrated by the creeping stealth global Jihad: Right-Wingers Claim Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated CPAC. The right-wing site World Net Daily and conservative columnist Frank Gaffney came up with a new reason this week to hate the Conserv...

CPAC infiltrated by radical gays, radical Muslims
I noted last week that the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington is currently the target of a Boycott by social Conservatives over the inclusion of the gay Republican group GOProud. Now, CPAC has angered a separate segment of the Conservative Movement by allowing the conservative group Muslims for America to participate.  As Politico's Ben Smith quipped, "Who knew that creeping Sharia was so gay-friendly?" The conservative news site WorldNetDaily, which has been trum...

Herman Cain at CPAC, Hiring in Iowa
As your resident lesser known Candidate tracker, here’s some recent news on the Herman Cain front. Herman Cain has hired Mark Block as his Exploratory Committee’s manager. Block was the State Director for Americans for Prosperity in Wisconsin. Cain recently took a trip Wisconsin to visit with voters and meet with Block. When asked what could potentially prevent him from making a formal announcement for President, Cain said, “Death.” Local news reported on the Cain visit...

Minnesota Family Council to hold marriage amendment course for legislators
When State Legislators checked their office mailboxes Wednesday, they found an invitation to attend a Minnesota Family and Marriage Summit featuring a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as a Hate Group. The summit, to be held next week, is organized by the Minnesota Family Council and the Family Research Council and will teach legislators how to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning rights for same-sex couples. The summit includes courses for legislators such as “Bull...

More Religious Right Seminars for Elected Leaders
When State Legislators checked their office mailboxes Wednesday, they found an invitation to attend a Minnesota Family and Marriage Summit featuring a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as a hate group. The summit, to be held next week, is organized by the Minnesota Family Council and the Family Research Council and will teach legislators how to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning rights for same-sex couples. The summit includes courses for legislators such as “Bully...

Lunchtime Links
Iowa’s state revenue collection in December was up 8.6 percent as compared to the same month the previous year, according to the most recent video report released by the Legislative Services Agency. Cuts in the recently released GOP Budget bill fall heaviest on The People’s Republic of Johnson County. Republican Joni Ernst wins Senate district 48 Special Election. U.S. Rep. Tom Latham discusses his close friendship with new U.S. House Speaker John Boehner. The American Family Associa...

Late afternoon/early evening open thread
Whose side are you on? Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association: One human being is worth more than an infinite number of Grizzly Bears. Another way to put it is that there is no number of live grizzlies worth one dead human being. If it’s a choice between grizzlies and humans, the grizzlies have to go. And it’s time. ... or, awwwwwww: ...

WashTimes' Misleading Headline: "Values Groups Out at CPAC"
This is apparently going to be a fixture in second-tier media and online media until CPAC in February, but -- as I noted here -- the family feud does not pit CPAC against social Conservatives. The Washington Times today has an article headlined: "Gay group in, values groups out at CPAC: Social conservatives to skip gathering." That is simply not the case. Many social conservative groups are still attending as "participating organizations" (the same status as GOProud). They include pro-life grou...

World Net Daily: Homos And The Muslim Brotherhood Have Taken Over CPAC 2011
As part of their continuing campaign to destroy CPAC 2011 for allowing GOProud to participate, today World Net Daily announced that the nation's largest annual conservative conference is being secretly run by the "Muslim Brotherhood." For realz! With the Conservative Political Action Conference under fire for allowing participation by a Homosexual Activist group called GOProud and for a financial Scandal in which some $400,000 was misappropriated under the watch of current leadership, Frank Ga...

Now look who elseis penetrating CPAC
WASHINGTON – Another Headache has emerged for the largest annual gathering of Conservatives slated for next month. With the Conservative Political Action Conference under fire for allowing participation by a Homosexual Activist group called GOProud and for a financial Scandal in which some $400,000 was misappropriated under the watch of current leadership, Frank Gaffney, a leader of the Conservative Movement for the last 30 years, charges that CPAC has come under the influence of the Musl...