In an ongoing conflict that illustrates the divide in the Republican Party over the breadth of its ideological “tent,” the organizers of the popular conservative conference CPAC have decided to welcome the homosexual activist group GOProud at this year’s event next month.
Four years ago, GOProud’s participation in CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, helped prompt an exodus of socially conservative groups. Banned the last three years, GOProud members will participate this year as “guests” but won’t be allowed to be a sponsor or have a booth.
Those restrictions prompted the resignation from GOProud’s board of co-founder Chris Barron, who called CPAC’s limited offer an “unconditional surrender” to what he calls the “anti-gay” wing of the conservative movement....