Bryan Fischer

AFA: DOMA Decision a "Wake-Up Call" for Conservatives

Benjy Sarlin | February 23, 2011, 1:09PM

The American Family Association, which led an effort to boycott the conservative gathering CPAC this month over its inclusion of groups backing gay rights, is hoping the White House's decision to back off its legal support for the Defense of Marriage Act will help bolster momentum for social issues in the GOP.

"I think it's a clear sign that we simply cannot avoid engaging on the social issues," Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the group, told TPM. "Mitch Daniels has called for a truce on social issues and that would be fine if the homosexual lobby was willing to lay down arms, but they're obviously not and this proves it. A truce is nothing more than a surrender."

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Family Research Council

Boehner, Cantor Back Family Research Council Campaign Against SPLC

Jillian Rayfield | December 15, 2010, 5:50PM

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), and Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)

A number of prominent Republicans have signed on to the Family Research Council's "Start Debating, Stop Hating" campaign in response to a Southern Poverty Law Center report that labeled the Family Research Council a "hate group."

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