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CPAC sponsor to host pro-gay panel

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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 re...

After ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal, Senate urged to protect military’s religious freedoms

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , December 17, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Religious liber ties activists are calling on the U.S. Senate to amend the Defense Authorization Bill to include language protecting military service members from retribution for their religious beliefs.  Of primary concern is the need to secure protections for chaplains and service members from facing discrimination, investigations and possibly career-ending reprimands in response to deeply held religious convictions pertaining to homosexuality and same-sex “marriage.”  Will military chaplains face repercussions for holding to their moral beliefs on homosexuality and gay "marriage"? Dr. Richard Land says that may already be happening. In September 2011, the U.S. repealed the law known as “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” enabling homosexuals to serve openly in all branches of the military for the first time. Within weeks, the Pentagon issued two memos authorizing same-sex “marriages” to be solemnized on U....