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Both of these issues hint at a deeper rift within the Republican Party. The rise of the Tea Party signaled the ascendance of a political philosophy in which alliances are less about agreeing on legislation and more about holding the same metaphysical view of the universe. This is the opposite of pluralistic, "big tent" politics: There's a limit to how much intellectual diversity CPAC Republicans will tolerate, apparently.

As long as the conservative wing of the GOP keeps its significant power over the party— which isn't guaranteed for long, actually —people who think or live their inner lives outside the boundaries of "traditional" Christian values will have to look elsewhere for political allies.

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