Social Cons Pull Out of CPAC
Talking Points Memo reports:
The feuding on the right continues over the gay conservative group GOProud, with two more social conservative groups announcing that they won't attend the big Conservative Political Action Conference this February -- in part because the gay group is participating.
As the right-wing World Net Daily reports:
"We've been very involved in CPAC for over a decade and have managed a couple of popular sessions. However, we will no longer be involved with CPAC because of the organization's financial mismanagement and movement away from conservative principles," said Tom McClusky, senior vice president for FRC Action.
"CWA [Concerned Women for America] has decided not to participate in part because of GOProud," CWA President Penny Nance told WND. [Ed. note: Penny Nance's title is chief executive officer of CWA. Another individual, Wendy Wright, holds the title of president.]
A few other social conservative organizations -- including the National Organization for Marriage, which was at last year's conference -- have also withdrawn from the event.
TPM asked GOProud executive director Jimmy LaSalvia for comment.
"GOProud is excited to once again be a part of the nation's preeminent gathering of conservatives. We're going to be there for the second year at the same level we were last year," said LaSalvia.
