Leading Social Conservatives Gather Again in D.C. for the 2014 Values Voter Summit (photos)

The Values Voter Summit is the primary political gathering of this nation’s social conservative community. This year’s event took place on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The VVS is hosted by the Family Research Council, headquartered in D.C., and well known for its opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. This year’s gathering paid special attention to the concept of religious freedom, primarily to the persecution of Christians and their values, both at home and abroad (particularly in Islamic societies). Many of the leading social conservative leaders who addressed the assemblage included presidential candidates, past, present and future: Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Governor Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Rick Santorum, Gary Bauer and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. For the second straight year, Ted Cruz won the Family Research Council Action’s 2014 Values Voter Summit Straw Poll.

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