Reports of the Death of Social Conservatives are Premature

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FRC's Tony Perkins Takes Credit For Investigation Into Leaked DADT Survey

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Gates Orders Probe Into Leak of DADT Survey | The Bilerico Project

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Defense Sec. Robert Gates is not happy that findings from the Pentagon's survey on the impact of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal were leaked and has ordered an investigation to find the source,  according to American Forces Press Service.


Gates is "very concerned and extremely disappointed" that selective aspects of Comprehensive Review Working Group's draft findings were revealed, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said in a statement, "presumably to shape perceptions of the report prior to its release." The survey is due Dec. 1.

"[Gates] made it clear [in March when the survey was launched] and throughout this process that it was 'critical that this effort be carried out in a professional, thorough and dispassionate manner,'" Morrell said. "He has also stated clearly that ‘given the political dimension of this issue, it is equally critical that ... every effort be made to shield our men and women in uniform and their families from those aspects of this debate.'....Anonymous sources now risk undermining the integrity of this process."
Gates "strongly condemns the unauthorized" leak and has ordered an investigation to find out "who communicated with the Washington Post or any other news organization without authorization and in violation of Department policy and his specific instruction."

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2010 electoral results bad news for secular issues: Culture Wars may reignite

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"2010 electoral results bad news for secular Americans"

It is undeniable that the economy dominated campaign 2010 and that cultural issues at the nexus of religion and politics were downplayed, but the results are nevertheless very bad news for for those who care about achieving secular goals. Because the Republicans who now control the House, and have increased their numbers in the Senate, are all social and religious conservatives, there is not the slightest possibility in the next two years that any more progress will be made on such hot-button issues as the status of gays in the military. . . "Americans did not vote to stoke the fires of the culture war," Lynn notes, "but they may have done so inadvertently."

Here's a roundup of the potential bad news from Washington Post's "On Faith"

:http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/spirited_atheist/2010/11/2010_electoral_results_bad_news_for_secular_americans_2.html

Yes, Tuesday was a bad night for Democrats. It was a worse night for those who, over the past 30 years, regarded the increasing encroachment of religion on government with alarm and were just beginning to see glimmers of hope that the process might be reversed.

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Washington Post publishes Dinesh D'Souza's garbage - Washington Post - Salon.com

Washington Post publishes Dinesh D'Souza's garbage - Washington Post - Salon.com


The D'Souza thesis is a desperate grab for relevance by a long-disgraced former star of the conservative movement. And the Washington Post today decided to run a slightly different version of this essay on its editorial page.  ~ Salon.com

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