Some of the biggest names in social conservatism are opting out of the upcoming high-profile Conservative Political Action Conference in response to what they see as the growing marginalization of social issues, culminating in the participation of GOProud, a gay-rights Republican group.
The Family Research Council and Concerned Women of America are the latest organizations to announce that they will refuse to attend the February conference, which is put on by the American Conservative Union and widely viewed as the premier conservative gathering of the new year.
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