Tea Partiers and Religious Right Court at Values Voter Summit
Judging by this past weekend’s marquee event on the conservative calendar, the center of gravity is moving from religious right to Tea Partiers, from homosexuality to taxes. A closer look, however, reveals the growing symbiosis between the two.
It may be fun to laugh at the gaffes of some on the religious right, but progressives should resist the temptation to dismiss religious conservatives as simple ignoramuses: they’re tapping into a powerful narrative.
This weekend’s premier religious right gathering saw same-sex marriage score low in a poll. Has something significant happened?
From “Ex Gay Is Ok” buttons to denigrating Senators Pelosi, Clinton and Boxer, who are not like the “American women that we know”; a personal reflection on the Values Voters Summit...