Awakening 2011: Another Chance for GOP Political Leaders To Bond With Religious Right Activists

Last year, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli joined dozens of Religious Right leaders for an event called “Awakening 2010,” organized by the Freedom Federation and hosted at Liberty University, where Cindy Jacobs declared that “the Bible is the government of the people, by the people, for the people,” while Matt Barber and Andrea Lafferty claimed that passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would allow those working at the Veteran’s Administration to freely molest disable veterans.

In April, the Freedom Federation will host its second annual “Awakening” conference entitled “Raising Our Voices: Equipping and Empowering a New Revolution” which organizer hope will feature a mix of right-wing activists like Lou Engle, Tony Perkins, Mat Staver, Frank Gaffney, Wendy Wright, David Barton, and Gary Bauer with Republican leaders like Cuccinelli, Michele Bachmann, Marco Rubio, Alan West, Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabee:

Notice also the proposed inclusion of Ryan Sorba, whose made a name for himself as last year’s CPAC by blasting organizers for allowing the participation of GOProud.