Iowa Conservatives Unveil Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge

On Thursday, one of Iowa's most influential social conservative organizations, The Family Leader, informed GOP presidential candidates that to win the group's endorsement, they'll have to sign a pledge. Family Leader president Bob Vander Plaats, a former Mike Huckabee ally, wants GOP contenders to commit to a list of 14 red-meat items, including opposition to gay marriage, a ban on Islamic Sharia ...

Mother Jones • Jul 8, 2011

Fearing Supreme Court Smackdown, Evangelicals Discourage Prop 8 Appeal

Maybe we should just let California be the Gay State. That's the latest thinking of some prominent red-state evangelicals, who fear that appealing California's recent same-sex marriage ruling to the Supreme Court could backfire, legalizing gay matrimony from sea to shining sea. Last week, the case for signing over California to the Prince of Darkness was made on American Family Radio by David Bar...

Mother Jones • Aug 18, 2010

He Was One of the gop's Top Dark-Arts Operators. Now He's Riding Into Battle to Save Gay Marriage -- and Unmask the Mormon Church.

As a political professional, Karger--who for decades worked for one of California's premier campaign consulting firms, a shop that had helped invent modern opposition research--was grudgingly impressed with what the Mormons were doing. "They completely altered the landscape," he says. "They took over every aspect of the campaign." Karger estimates that Mormons ultimately contributed $30 million of...

Mother Jones • Mar 17, 2010

Will Ken Starr Defend Prop 8 in CA Supreme Court?

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Mother Jones • Nov 24, 2008