Devout cannabis advocates and social justice reformers believe this may finally be the year that California voters legalize all marijuana, and that optimism has led to a mashup of proposed statewide ballot measures -- more than 20 filed so far.
Pence is a devout anti-abortion advocate who routinely declares that he would like to overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 ruling that legalized abortion throughout the country.
China's leaders, beginning in the late 1970s, were able to transform themselves from devout Marxists into advocates of capitalist prosperity while still claiming they had the people's best interests at heart.
The Klan promoted fundamentalism and devout patriotism along with advocating white supremacy.
Affeldt is a devout Christian and a strong advocate for ending child poverty.
Most politicians only believe in a cause as long as it's beneficial to them, but give Bob Reilly credit: He was a devout, and shrill, anti-MMA advocate since he got elected in 2002, even as public opinion turned against him and the sport became one of the biggest money-making entertainments in the country.
In the local politics of several European cities there is ad-hoc co-operation between devout Muslims and gay-rights advocates; both groups gravitate towards city centres, and both feel historically disadvantaged.Against a common adversary, almost any combination of human beings can be friends.
And perhaps only the most prescriptively devout among us is likely to advocate banning the sale of alcohol again in the United States.
The 36-year-old helped found the Independent PEN Centre in China and as a devout Christian has angered authorities by advocating religious freedom, including defending the Beijing government's bête noir, the Dalai Lama.
"Even the most ardent free market advocate, someone who's a devout follower of Adam Smith, would have to admit that consumers aren't being given full information right now," he said.
