The furor over “religious-freedom” laws has split the GOP coalition wide open, and many conservative evangelical leaders don’t like the way the party is handling it. …
There have long been tensions between religious conservatives and the business wing of the Republican Party, often centering on how much emphasis the GOP should put on social issues like abortion as opposed to core economic policy. The religious-liberty measures are a relatively new flash point, igniting just as potential 2016 presidential candidates are beginning to jockey for a place on the party’s political spectrum. CONT.
Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal