Will the Republicans split into the Libertarian Party and Christian Party? There seems to be a large anti-tax uprising (the Tea Party Protests) along with some Republicans (Megan McCain, Steve Schmidt) saying that the GOP should endorse Gay Marriage. These two ideas are really similar to the Libertarian position, which is that government should stay out of people's business, wallets, and private lives. At the same time the Evangelical Christians are without a clear, strong GOP supporter other than Mike Huckabee and I've heard many don't believe that the Republicans really don't stand up for them since the GOP never stopped abortions, brought prayer back to schools, or did anything that the Christians support. The GOP only said they would during elections but when they were in power, they didn't follow through.
It seems like the Libertarian group and the Christian group are increasingly at odds with each other. Will they split? Should they?
Because the Republican Party is now the minority, such a split would ensure one dominant party and two marginal parties in opposition. The desire of those seeking such a split is that the Libertarian and Christian groups could cut into support for the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party could always co-opt such an issue as Gay Marriage.
