Social conservatives' panties are in a wad as they prep for "hand-to-hand combat" at this year's GOP convention because other Republicans would like to see a more welcoming approach to same-sex marriage in the GOP platform. Or another way of looking at it is that some Republicans would rather not drive the entire party over a millennial cliff that it can't recover from just because evangelicals are obsessed with what happens in everyone else’s bedrooms. Alex Isenstadt reports:
Some of the party’s biggest financiers, attempting to transform the GOP’s approach, have been helping to bankroll the American Unity Fund, a group that has launched a well-organized, behind-the-scenes effort to lobby convention delegates who will draw up the platform. It is asking them to adopt language that would accommodate same sex marriage.
The organization, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and a growing army of volunteers spread out across the country, has the backing of billionaire investors Paul Singer, Dan Loeb, Seth Klarman and Cliff Asness, who have been outspoken in calling for the GOP to moderate its rigid stance on social issues. [...]
“We are working to ensure that each and every delegate is empowered to vote their conscience and truly craft an inclusive Republican Party platform,” said Jerri Ann Henry, who is spearheading the group’s convention campaign.
But when it comes to pre-Enlightment thinking, Tony Perkins and his minions never fail to disappoint.