Values Voter Summit

Putting A Halt To The Religious Right's Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Joseph Ward III | Posted 12.21.2011

America's values are clear. Why then does the religious right continue to dominate the national conversation? It is time for us to put this nonsense to rest.

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Rewriting The U.S. Constitution To Honor The Founding Fathers

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.20.2011

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Bryan Fischer spoke to thunderous applause at the recent Values Voter Summit. That he was so well received should frighten those of us who care about liberty and justice in America.

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Values Voter Summit Turns to Free-Range Gay Bashing and Hypocrisy

Alvin McEwen | Posted 12.13.2011

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Thanks to this past weekend's Values Voter Summit, I am learning that I am not an ordinary gay American. Apparently I am Darth Vader.

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Social Conservatives Gather for the Values Voter Summit in D.C. (Photo Essay)

Jeff Malet | Posted 12.13.2011

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Gay marriage, abortion, religion and the upcoming presidential election dominated the discussion at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on October 7-8, 2011.

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The Values Voter Summit and the Idolatry of 'Family Values'

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

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The real sin at the Values Voter Summit was not homosexuality or transgender identity but the idolatry of so-called "family values." Speakers exhibited a remarkable disregard for what the Bible and Christian theology actually say about marriage and family values.

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Values Voter Summit 2011 & America in 2013

Peter Montgomery | Posted 12.12.2011

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Two days of speeches from presidential candidates, congressional leaders, and Religious Right activists painted a clear picture of where they'll try to take the country if they are successful in their 2012 electoral goals.

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WATCH: Conservative Values Voters Sound Off On Occupy Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 12.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A reckless, selfish mob is on the loose in southern Manhattan, its values out of step with ordinary Americans and cleaved from the princ...

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Ron Paul Wins Big Conservative Straw Poll

Posted 12.08.2011

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Texas Congressman Ron Paul has been declared the winner of the 2011 Values Voter Summit Straw Poll, garnering 37 percent of the vote. Herman Cain f...

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Ron Paul Wins Values Voter Straw Poll

Slate | Posted 12.08.2011

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Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the 2011 Values Voter Summit, a comeback of sorts, and return to the usual pattern of highly-organized con...

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Herman Cain Responds To Perry-Backer Calling Mormonism 'A Cult'

Posted 12.07.2011

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GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain was warmly received Friday at the conservative Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., and he refused to engag...

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Values Voter Summit -- Or Anti-LGBT Hate Fest?

Mark Potok | Posted 12.07.2011

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Starting today, a number of prominent public figures will be attending and speaking at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of socially conservative activists in Washington. But just what kind of values are they promoting?

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Dear Mitt Romney: Prove Us Wrong

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 12.06.2011

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I and others have often criticized you for abandoning your principles when it is politically convenient, but I hope in this instance you will prove us wrong. Bryan Fischer deserves to be a marginalized figure, not a celebrity embraced by the mainstream GOP.

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Religious Right Group Underwhelmed By 'Pledge To America'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The religious right offered a hesitant embrace of the Republican Party's new "Pledge to America," with several groups saying they are happy the GOP in...

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Christine O'Donnell Energizes Religious Right Crowd

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most anticipated speaker at the 2010 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. was newly chosen Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell, who...

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A Rift In The Tea Party Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: In an afternoon session, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum also stressed that social issues need to be pushed along with economic ones...

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'Values Voter Summit' Will Likely Be Missing Jewish Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of conservatives will be coming to Washington, D.C. this week for one of the biggest religious right conferences of the year: the annual Val...

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Sen. Tom Coburn's Chief of Staff: ‘All Pornography is Homosexual Pornography'

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the final events of the Values Voter Summit was a Saturday breakout session on "the new masculinity," a wide-ranging topic that one speaker use...

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Fox and MSNBC Reporters at Values Voters: Rude, Disruptive, Lazy

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011

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While liberals and leftists keep laughing at them, the Christian Right will be busy trying to craft a last laugh -- and their track record is nothing to sneer at.

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Brian Mooar: MSNBC Reporter At "Values Voter" Conference Harassed (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday afternoon, MSNBC reporter Brian Mooar was interrupted and harassed while giving a live report from the floor of the Values Voter Summit, a w...

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