Sentences with phrase «of social conservatives»

He was the favorite of social conservatives, but he was also for replacing our current tax system with a national sales tax.

No way does that kind of social conservative nonsense fly with this court.

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.

On Friday, Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist minister, introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry at at a gathering of social conservatives, calling Perry a genuine follower of Jesus Christ, as opposed to another candidate Jeffress could and did mention in a later interview.

Rick Santorum can play to the high - mindedness of the social conservative agenda because in Iowa those voters have two loaves of bread under each arm.

But the fiscal conservatives and the strong foreign - policy advocates don't have that power either, and without at least a good percentage of social conservatives to form the third leg of the Reagan coalition, no candidate has much chance of winning the Republican nomination.

Both of the major camps of social conservative reaction to the challenges of the last few years are right in part: We have always had to struggle against the inclination of our liberal society to furiously pound itself into what Edmund Burke called «the dust and powder of individuality,» and to resist its elevation of choice above commitment.

Religious liberty has therefore become the foremost public priority of social conservatives, and the importance of that first freedom has taken center stage in our case to the larger society.

«Culture Is Downstream of Politics» proposes that the primary cause of social conservatives» current weakness is their failure to invest in actual politics.

The shift in public opinion on gay marriage in our country is not primarily the result of social conservatives» recent failures to stand and defend the few political leaders speaking openly about their opposition to it.

That said, during this election cycle, much has been written about the waning influence of social conservatives in the political sphere.

At the least, it offers up a few more questions for proponents of gay marriage and explains the cautiousness of social conservatives to give weigh to libertarian ideals.

And it is foolish to drive them into the arms of the political left when their piety and moral convictions make them natural allies of social conservatives.

More than that, Republican victories occurred in particular ways and in particular races that should buttress the confidence of social conservatives.

But if we expect a new birth of social conservative boldness in the GOP in the wake of this election, we will be disappointed.

The moves may be the first indications of social conservatives coalescing around Romney after their first choice, Rick Santorum, dropped out of the race.

However, when I learned about her VERY conservative positions, (most of which Clinton supporters will hate), and when I saw how much she energized the base, I gave McCain credit for picking a candidate who would ease the doubts of the social conservatives.

His attempt to grab the wheel of the GOP, an effort supported by the likes of Ralph Reed and Tony Perkins, may break down early, instead of taking much of the social conservative movement over a cliff.

The dispute put Quinn in the crosshairs of social conservative voters who tend to support the use of government to reinforce traditional social relations, according to a Pew research report.

A lot of social conservatives will think «There's no one I like, but McCain is better than Giuliani or Romney, so I'll take the best I can get.»

Following outcry from gay and lesbian and women's groups — and harsh criticism from her former colleagues in the City Council — Public Advocate Letitia James downplayed her endorsement of social conservative Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his failed bid for a State Senate seat.

Far from trumpeting their involvement, gay rights groups have been largely silent about their role in Senate campaigns for fear of raising the ire of social conservatives.

Republican party is supposedly the party of social conservatives and «family values.»

Republican strategists say that 2004's gay marriage referenda in swing states ensured George W Bush retained the presidency because of a surge of social conservatives going to the polls.

The case drew even more attention because of the role of history and historians in the litigation: elements of the pro-free trade argument entailed an originalist analysis, a technique which is often a tool of social conservatives seeking to squash rights for women, LGBT people, and others, and very uncommon in Canadian constitutional cases.

Palin's appearance at a gathering of social conservatives will also increase speculation that she might be interested in running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

99 % of social conservatives will hold their breaths and vote for the psuedo - conservative (as long as it gets him elected) flip - flopping Mormon since he is white and Republican (at least in name).