Scott Walker, Rick Perry To Speak To Conservatives In Denver
DENVER (AP) — Five Republican presidential hopefuls including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are in Denver Saturday talking to a group of conservative activists.
The Western Conservative Summit is a gathering of about 4,000 conservatives. The crowd heard Friday speeches from tea party activists and GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
So far the gathering has concentrated on last week's Supreme Court rulings and what they mean for the GOP. The Court last week upheld President Obama's health care overhaul and made gay marriage legal in all 50 states.
Santorum said the gay marriage ruling was "based on a lie" that gay-marriage opponents are motivated by discrimination.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said that the decision was unjust and should be disobeyed. Businesswoman Carly Fiorina said that she supports civil unions and that conservatives should focus their energies now on protecting religious liberty.
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