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Christian hero Sarah Palin, seen above this week flipping the bird to paparazzi as she exited a yoga class sans make-up and sans wedding ring, was today announced as a headliner at next weekend’s Family Research Council Values Voter Summit. Tony Perkins is thrilled: “We are pleased to announce that Governor Sarah Palin has been confirmed to appear at this …

“Just when we thought the program couldn’t get any better, FRC Action is proud to announce that Glenn Beck, the voice behind one of the highest-rated radio shows in America will be joining the Values Voter Summit in D.C. next weekend. Beck, who conservatives know from TheBlaze TV, one of the world’s largest streaming video networks, is making a return …

Last week the SPLC reported that fewer federal politicians are willing to appear on the FRC’s hate stage, but yesterday Sen. Rand Paul earned his “confirmed” asterisk.

To be aired at the Values Voter Summit.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Where have all the elected officials gone? The Family Research Council’s (FRC) annual Values Voter Summit (VVS), set for the end of September, is fast approaching. But unlike prior years, very few high profile politicians have confirmed their participation. And the current line up seems more extreme than ever. Could this annual rite of …

Tony Perkins fancies himself to be a GOP presidential candidate kingmaker, so it will be interesting to see if any not entirely crazy Republicans will join the above careening clown car crowded with the cavalcade of crackpots who failed in 2012, some of whom (Paul, Perry, Santorum) are expected to make a 2016 run. Ted Cruz won last year’s Values …

Previous  presidential straw poll winners at the FRC’s hate summit were: Ron Paul, Mike Pence, and Mike Huckabee.  #DoomedByHistory

Remember when former Concernstipated Women head Sandy Rios predicted that “thousands of ex-gays will descend upon Washington DC.”? And then NINE showed up? She got more of the same yesterday at the FRC’s hate summit.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Rep. Forbes cancelled his planned appearance today at a fundraising luncheon for an anti-gay hate group, the American Family Association, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. Forbes’ decision comes in the wake of a petition and TV ad campaign by Faithful America, a progressive Christian organization. My organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center, …

Brian Brown stopped by the Family Research Council’s booth at the Values Voter Summit today to chat with FRC vice president Peter Sprigg, who appeared on national television in 2010 to declare that Lawrence V Texas had been “wrongly decided” and therefore homosexuality should have remained a crime. Sprigg is probably congratulating Brown for his successful collaboration with the Russian …

Booth #18 at the Values Voter Summit.

Mediaite‘s Andrew Kirell writes: The banner was referring to the event’s host: The Family Research Council. Headed up by frequent cable pundit Tony Perkins, FRC is literally anti-gay and anti-abortion. So the banner is certainly not inaccurate. FRC is quite outspoken about its opposition to homosexual acts, and makes plenty of cable news appearances to decry the oncoming wave of …

The National Journal reports: Ted Cruz was interrupted by hecklers at least half-a-dozen times during his Values Voter Summit speech. But if that was intended to get the Texas firebrand down, it surely did not succeed. “I’m actually glad the president’s whole political staff is here instead of doing mischief in the country,” he said a couple outbursts in. “How …

The above groups have signed on to a Southern Poverty Law Center letter which asks members of Congress not to attend the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit. Via press release: “Public officials need to know the real ‘values’ they’re endorsing when they attend the Values Voter Summit,” said Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. …

The gay-affirming Faithful America notes that Rep. Randy Forbes will appear at a Values Voter Summit luncheon sponsored by the American Family Association. Knowing Forbes’ history, I don’t expect this ad campaign to bother him in the slightest.

The Family Research Council today added four more names to next week’s cavalcade of crackpots in Washington, DC, where attendees can attend “breakout sessions that will answer the tough questions on marriage, religious liberty, Obamacare, and standing up for Israel.”