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Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani believes the Republican Party should stop fighting marriage equality and focus on fiscal policy. "We'd be a much more successful political party if we stuck to our economic, conservative roots," Giuliani said on CNN's "State of the Union." He's considering a run for the GOP presidential ticket in 2012, and has long supported civil unions. Although he said he believes marriage should be limited to a man and a woman, he can "live with" the legalization in New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee shared his ignorance and bigotry about gay parents with a College of New Jersey student publication.

From HuffPost:

"I think this is not about trying to create statements for people who want to change the basic fundamental definitions of family," Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister, said.

A recent report in The New York Times emphasizes Gov. Palin's relationship with religious extremists.

The Times says she "...tended carefully to her evangelical base. She appointed a pastor to the town planning board. And she began to eye the library. For years, social conservatives had pressed the library director to remove books they considered immoral."

According to new surveys, Republicans are becoming more open to marriage equality and civil unions.

John McCain - the presumptive Republican presidential nominee - said in an interview with The New York Times [published Sunday] that he opposed allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.

An estimated 65,000 children have been adopted by gays and lesbians. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association and the National Association of Social Workers, among other groups, have expressed support for gay adoption.

The Sacramento Bee reports on a curious development within the GOP voting block. Evangelicals aren't getting the attention they're use to from right wing politicians.

Some pundits believe the war - and shifting priorities since 9/11 - has taken attention away from religious conservative worries like abortion and marriage equality.