GOP braces for convention battle over gay ‘marriage’
A little more than six months before the nation elects its president, the Republican Party still has no leader. The coming convention is proving to be one of the most up-in-the-air, contested political events in recent memory. But behind the scenes, a battle of much greater import for the future of our nation is brewing. A powerful group of well-financed Republican leaders are pushing for change in the GOP official national platform, to support homosexual "marriage." Politico reports that some of the wealthiest Republican financiers have been bankrolling the American Unity Fund, which is fighting a well-organized lobbying effort to influence convention delegates who will draw up the platform. Billionaires Paul Singer , Dan Loeb, Seth Klarman and Cliff Asness back the American Unity Fund, with its “army of volunteers spread out across the country.” In January's Republican National Committee meeting, American Unity Fund staffers met with influential part...