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\n \u201cProtecting life\u201d and strengthening \u201ctraditional marriage\u201d remain the stated priorities for the Faith and Freedom Coalition, an organization that has spent nearly two decades mobilizing conservative Christian voters.\n <\/p>

Read more How Trump\u2019s takeover fractured America\u2019s birthday party<\/a><\/p>\n

\n But abortion and same-sex marriage received scant attention as the group gathered in the nation\u2019s capital on Friday, including in the lengthy remarks from the event\u2019s headline speaker: President Donald Trump.\n <\/p>\n

\n Since returning to the White House, Trump has largely sidestepped causes long championed by the conservative faith movement that helped him propel him back to office, privately arguing that issues such as abortion are political liabilities for a Republican Party trying to protect its narrow majorities in Congress. Even as some activists have grown frustrated, they Activists have largely refrained from publicly pressuring Trump to act, mindful of his unparalleled influence over their voters.\n <\/p>\n

\n Yet, there are growing signs that social conservatives are preparing to revive those fights \u2014 and open new ones \u2014 as Republicans begin looking forward to a post-Trump future.\n <\/p>\n

\n A multi-front battle\n<\/h2>\n

\n SBA Pro-Life America, one of the nation\u2019s leading anti-abortion groups, is already plotting how it can shape the early nominating fight to succeed Trump in Iowa and South Carolina and force Republican presidential candidates to take a stand on establishing a nationwide cutoff on abortions after a certain point in pregnancy. The group has said it plans to spend $80 million in the 2028 presidential election to back aligned candidates.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re being clear early on \u2026 if you want to win in Iowa and South Carolina and to be the GOP nominee and become president, you have to have a bold and clear position on abortion and commitment to life,\u201d said Kelsey Pritchard, spokeswoman for SBA Pro-Life.\n <\/p>\n

\n Meanwhile, a coalition of groups launched an initiative earlier this year aimed at challenging the legal foundations of same-sex marriage and preventing gay and lesbian couples from adopting children. It\u2019s a topic that has largely faded away from Republican campaigns since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015 \u2014 and one Trump removed from the party platform entirely when he won the nomination in 2024.\n <\/p>\n

\n Other conservatives are pressing into new territory. A growing number of Republican officials have called for new restrictions on surrogacy, a move that could further limit family-building options for LGBTQ+ couples. Republican House members introduced legislation targeting commercial surrogacy, while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier recently described the practice as \u201cmodern day slavery\u201d and said it \u201cmust be stopped.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Steve Deace, a conservative talk show host, said Trump occupies a uniquely dominant place in Republican politics that allowed him to sideline issues important to many Evangelical activists without suffering political consequences.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re never going to have a personality like Trump again \u2014 that combination of brand and political power will never rest in the hands of one figure ever again,\u201d Deace said. \u201cAnd some of the ideological skirmishes that Trump has kept at bay will come to the forefront as soon as 2028.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Shifting public opinion\n<\/h2>\n
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\n Terry Schilling, the president of American Principles Project, an organization that has encouraged Republicans to engage in culture wars, believes Republicans will enter those debates from a stronger political position than they have in recent decades.\n <\/p>\n

\n Take support for same-sex marriage, which rose steadily from 1996 to 2022 when it peaked at 71 percent of adults, according to Gallup. But it has dipped each of the past three years.\n <\/p>\n

\nGallup also found declining moral acceptance in a handful of other markers it has long tracked, like having a child out of wedlock. Birth control, while still overwhelmingly popular, is at its lowest point since Gallup started asking about it 15 years ago.\n <\/p>\n

\n Trump\u2019s late-campaign focus on transgender issues in 2024 offered Republicans a roadmap, Schilling said, showing that cultural issues could motivate persuadable voters.\n <\/p>

Read more When cybercriminals hire burglars: Inside an alleged Russian effort to infiltrate multibillion-dollar US law firms<\/a><\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe Republican Party is going to have to figure out how to play offense on all of these issues,\u201d said Schilling. \u201cIf you\u2019re not figuring out how to go on offense, you\u2019re either being lazy or boring.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n Inside the Faith and Freedom Coalition\u2019s annual Road to Majority conference, though, there was little indication that activists were eager to pressure Trump himself \u2013 or force him to re-engage on a topic he has all but made off-limits leading up to the midterms.\n <\/p>\n

\n Introducing Trump, Faith and Freedom Founder and Chairman Ralph Reed praised Trump for shaping \u201cthe most conservative Supreme Court in over a century\u201d but didn\u2019t mention the court\u2019s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Trump, who promised the same audience a decade ago he would \u201cuphold the sanctity and dignity of life\u201d \u2014 likewise made no mention of abortion.\n <\/p>\n

\n Marcus Kindley of Guilford County, North Carolina, told CNN at the event that conservatives should work on persuasion.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhat we should do is stand up for our beliefs, our religious beliefs, but I think that forcing it down people\u2019s throat is not going to work,\u201d he said. \u201cThey need to have a change in heart.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Pam Chester, who traveled to the event from Jackson, Georgia, said Trump had a full plate, from foreign conflicts to his domestic agenda, and she was comfortable leaving abortion policy to the states.\n <\/p>\n

\n Still, she said Republicans should not allow the movement\u2019s traditional priorities to fade.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe still cannot take our finger off those issues because they could easily be reversed or undermined if we take our eyes completely off those issues,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u2018Zealous energy\u2019 in 2028\n<\/h2>\n

\n The first signs of those future debates are emerging.\n <\/p>\n

\n During a recent interview with conservative podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey, Vice President JD Vance was pressed on why the administration had not moved to restrict abortion medication sent through the mail. Vance responded that the issue remains under review by the Food and Drug Administration, while cautioning conservatives against moving faster than public opinion.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe have to be pragmatic,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWe have to win the argument and then we can save the lives of many unborn kids.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n That kind of approach may not appease younger generations of conservatives, who Deace said are \u201cfar more militant\u201d on social issues than their parents. He predicted their zealous energy around social issues would significantly shape Republican primaries that follow Trump.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf you thought Trump was too radical for you, if you thought he was too confrontational for you on cultural issues, you ain\u2019t seen nothing yet,\u201d Deace said.\n <\/p>

Read more After ousting Bill Cassidy, Donald Trump faces fresh test of his sway with GOP voters in Louisiana\u2019s Senate runoff<\/a><\/p>\n

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