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AFA’s Fischer calls Perry’s marriage equality stance ‘missed opportunity’

By | 07.25.11 | 3:59 pm

Gov. Rick Perry declined to come out against New York’s recent passage of marriage equality over the weekend, claiming it’s a policy states have the right to decide on their own — a stance that could alienate evangelical voters in the run-up to his possible presidential campaign.

AFA’s Fischer calls Perry’s marriage equality stance ‘missed opportunity’

By | 07.25.11 | 3:59 pm

Gov. Rick Perry declined to come out against New York’s recent passage of marriage equality over the weekend, claiming it’s a policy states have the right to decide on their own — a stance that could alienate evangelical voters in the run-up to his possible presidential campaign.

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DeMint: Apply the Constitution to Health Care When It’s Convenient

By | 09.12.09 | 3:49 pm

In a phone interview with TWI following his speech to the Tea Party crowd this afternoon in Washington, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) laid out his philosophy for applying the Constitution to health care. In a nutshell: invoke the Constitution when it’s expedient to do so, ignore it when it’s More…

Tim Pawlenty: I Might Invoke the 10th Amendment to Stop Health Care Reform

By | 09.10.09 | 10:24 pm

On a Thursday night Republican Governors Association conference call with conservative activists, moderated by Erick Erickson of RedState, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) broached the possibility of “asserting the 10th Amendment” to keep Minnesota from fully participating in a health care plan passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The More…