CPAC sponsor to host pro-gay panel
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – After the Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ) denied a featured role to a homosexual “marriage” advocacy organization, one of CPAC's sponsors has decided to hold a panel promoting the acceptance of homosexuality at the annual gathering. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has gathered a six-person panel entitled, “A Rainbow on the Right: Growing the Coalition, Bringing Tolerance Out of the Closet.” It will include two members of GOProud , President Jimmy DeSalvia and Liz Mair. They will speak with supportive figures such as Fox News analyst Margaret Hoover, National Review Editor Jonah Goldberg, Washington Post “conservative” columnist Jennifer Rubin , and Fred Smith Jr. of CEI. “As a [CPAC] sponsor, CEI gets use of a room for two hours,” said CEI spokesman Brian McNicoll, who says he ran the theme of the panel past CPAC before announcing it to the public. “This is the revolt of a new genera