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Arkansas GOP working on new anti-gay marriage religious protections
Arkansas state Senate Republicans are working on legislation to reinforce protections for religious organizations in response to last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
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Supreme Court decisions highlight political challenges facing GOP
For the second time in two days, the Supreme Court struck at the heart of the Republican Party platform. Yet the response to Friday’s same-sex marriage ruling was mild in comparison with the outrage that followed the court’s decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care law.
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NOM will again ask GOP presidential candidates to sign anti-gay marriage pledge
The National Organization for Marriage will again ask candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination to sign a pledge promising to support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.
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Trump jumps in 2016 race, seeks GOP nomination for president
Real-estate mogul and reality-television star Donald Trump said Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for president. He’s the 12th high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 race, with more to come in the weeks ahead.
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Jeb Bush launches 2016 bid, vows to get Washington ‘out of the business of causing problems’
Jeb Bush launched a Republican presidential bid with a vow to get Washington “out of the business of causing problems” and to stay true to his beliefs.
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Lindsey Graham wants Caitlyn Jenner’s vote
Graham says if Jenner wants to be a Republican, she’s welcome. And he says if she wants a safe country and a strong economy, she should vote for him.
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Rick Perry seeks 2012 do-over, announces 2016 presidential bid
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, pledging to “end an era of failed leadership” and hoping this campaign will go better than his last one.
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Report: Hastert was concealing prior sexual misconduct with another man
The indictment against Hastert accuses the Republican of agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep a person from the town where he was a longtime schoolteacher silent about “prior misconduct.”
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Rick Santorum announces second White House run
Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values and longtime opponent of LGBT rights, launched a 2016 White House bid on Wednesday, vowing to fight for working-class Americans in a new election season that will test his influence – and focus on social issues – in a changing Republican Party.
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Lindsey Graham: I’m running for president ‘because I think the world is falling apart’
The third-term senator told CBS he will make his official campaign announcement June 1 in his hometown of Central, South Carolina.