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| − | The '''Conservative Political Action Conference''' ('''CPAC''') is a predominantly [[libertarian]] conference consisting of overwhelmingly white male college students, many of whom attend for free or at heavily discounted rates. CPAC historically met in [[Washington, D.C.]], in February or March, with attendance increasing beyond 10,000. CPAC outgrew the largest hotels in D.C., and in 2014 through 2017 convened outside of D.C. in the massive Marriott Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, [[Maryland]]. In recent years CPAC has been dominated by impostors who are not really conservative, and [[Donald Trump]] even canceled his appearance at CPAC in early March 2016 to avoid a [[Leftist]]-type walkout plot against him. In 2018, CPAC banned the pro-family conservative organization [[MassResistance]] for its opposition to homosexual "marriage."<ref>Multiple references: | + | The '''Conservative Political Action Conference''' ('''CPAC''') is a predominantly [[libertarian]] conference consisting of overwhelmingly white male college students, many of whom attend for free or at heavily discounted rates. CPAC historically met in [[Washington, D.C.]], in February or March, with attendance increasing beyond 10,000. CPAC outgrew the largest hotels in D.C., and in 2014 through 2017 convened outside of D.C. in the massive Marriott Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, [[Maryland]]. In recent years CPAC has been dominated by impostors who are not really conservative, and [[Donald Trump]] even canceled his appearance at CPAC in early March 2016 to avoid a [[Leftist]]-type walkout plot against him. In 2018, CPAC banned the pro-family conservative organization [[MassResistance]] for its opposition to homosexual "marriage,"<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *[http://americasurvival.org/2018/02/conservative-group-banned-from-conservative-conference.html Conservative Group Banned from Conservative Conference]. ''America's Survival''. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018. | | *[http://americasurvival.org/2018/02/conservative-group-banned-from-conservative-conference.html Conservative Group Banned from Conservative Conference]. ''America's Survival''. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018. |
| | *Berry, Susan (February 14, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/14/massresistance-pro-family-group-banned-at-cpac/ MassResistance Pro-Family Group Banned at CPAC]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018. | | *Berry, Susan (February 14, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/14/massresistance-pro-family-group-banned-at-cpac/ MassResistance Pro-Family Group Banned at CPAC]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2018. |
| − | *Moore, Art (February 14, 2018). [http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/cpac-bans-pro-family-group-for-tone-toward-gays/ CPAC bans pro-family group for 'tone' toward 'gays']. ''WND''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> '''''By caving into the [[homosexual agenda]], CPAC has largely abandoned its tradition of being the largest annual gathering of [[conservatives]]'''''. | + | *Moore, Art (February 14, 2018). [http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/cpac-bans-pro-family-group-for-tone-toward-gays/ CPAC bans pro-family group for 'tone' toward 'gays']. ''WND''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> and it simultaneously allowed the pro-homosexuality Log Cabin Republicans to attend.<ref>Mainwaring, Doug (February 15, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-u.s.-conservative-conference-bans-pro-family-group-approves-pro-lgbt Top U.S. conservative conference bans pro-family group, approves pro-LGBT]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 15, 2018.</ref> '''''By caving into the [[homosexual agenda]], CPAC has largely abandoned its tradition of being the largest annual gathering of [[conservatives]]'''''. |
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| | Students for Life is the largest annual conservative conference that has a balance between men and women in attendance. It sells out with its annual conference of 2000 in D.C., around the time of the [[March for Life]]. It also succeeds without the libertarian and big money dominance that increasingly plagues CPAC. But CPAC does remain a good counterweight to the [[neocons]] who dominate the [[Fox News Channel]]. | | Students for Life is the largest annual conservative conference that has a balance between men and women in attendance. It sells out with its annual conference of 2000 in D.C., around the time of the [[March for Life]]. It also succeeds without the libertarian and big money dominance that increasingly plagues CPAC. But CPAC does remain a good counterweight to the [[neocons]] who dominate the [[Fox News Channel]]. |