Sentence examples for evangelical caucus from inspiring English sources

Leaders in Brasília must now consult on a range of matters with an evangelical caucus of legislators with resilient clout.

"Brothels are an affront to our Christian values, and simply should be closed," said Arolde de Oliveira, a Rio legislator in the influential evangelical caucus of Congress.

As a member of the conservative Social Christian Party, part of the influential evangelical caucus in Congress, he expresses alarm, for instance, about the refugees coming from Syria and other countries, a relatively small number.

For Marco Feliciano – an ultra-conservative preacher-politician from the evangelical caucus – it cannot go far enough in reversing what he sees as the malign policies introduced since the left came to power in 2003.

But a combination of an outspoken evangelical caucus in Brazil again, like the Philippines and a public not yet ready to talk about abortion, even as a health necessity, shuts down the conversation.

Coelho revealed to Political Research Associates that CIMEB is tapping another family friend, Rev. Everaldo Dias da Silva, co-founder of the evangelical caucus in Parliament, to run for president in 2014.

Cruz called for increased voter turnout among evangelical caucus-goers, using the type of overtly religious rhetoric that has galvanized support from social conservatives and propelled family-values candidates such as Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum to first-place Iowa finishes in 2008 and 2012.

Even here, in a rural pocket of Iowa known for its unapologetic social conservatism and evangelical tilt, the caucus had a deeply unsettled feel on Tuesday night.

In the 1970s, liberal organizations like the Evangelical Women's Caucus embraced much of women's and gay liberation, but most evangelicals joined a rear-guard action in defense of traditional sexual mores.

Mary explains that neither comment will affect the nominee next fall, that Perry is appealing to Caucus evangelicals rather than general election swing voters and Democrats also "preach to their choir".

A New York Times/CBS News national poll in September found that among evangelical Republican primary or caucus voters, 41 percent said that people they know would not vote for a Mormon for president.