Nearly 2,000 social and political conservatives have assembled in Washington this weekend for the “Values Voter Summit.” It’s an annual event, organized by groups like the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family.<\/p>\n
This year, many of the participants are feeling under siege, with Democrats in control of both Congress and the White House. But they’re promising a religious and political revival in 2010.<\/p>\n
Rep. Mike Pence, a Republican from Indiana, was one of the first speakers at the summit, which runs through Sunday, offering such workshops as “Global Warming Hysteria” and “Countering the Homosexual Agenda in Public Schools.”<\/p>\n
The participants’ own agendas vary, but they’re united in their suspicion of just about everything that’s happening in Washington, from propping up the auto industry to remaking health care.<\/p>\n