It is clear how, in Mr McCain's mind, the religious right is one such group.
Phyllis Schafly, another conservative leader, listed those parts that pleased her followers on the religious right.
For the Versace controversy illustrates a paradox at the heart of America's religious right.
Hawks within Pakistan's armed forces and the religious right may block General Musharraf from doing so.
In some important ways, the religious right is not right-wing any more: it is the religious centre.
Mr Reagan supported his religious right wing, at least in theory, but as a buttress, from the outside.
That logic applies not just to the religious right but, increasingly, to other sections of the Republican Party.
Indonesia has more than 190m Muslims, and the government is occasionally guilty of pandering to the religious right.
Look at public-opinion polls, and you can see that the religious right is a balloon waiting to be pricked.
In fact, there is a direct link between his attacks on lobbyists and his attacks on the religious right.
Two years ago, the Republicans' electoral fortunes were indeed hurt by internal squabbles between the religious right and moderates.
But the Christian Democrats and other smaller parties on the religious right are, to put it mildly, less keen.
Has Bush's reputation in the Golden State been tarnished by his support from religious right leaders such as Pat Robertson?
Both are centrists, though Mr Firestone will win more liberal votes and Mr Steel more votes of the religious right.
The religious right is also divided over a more immediate issue: whether to rally behind Mr Bauer or Steve Forbes.
Protestants for the Common Good, formed in 1995 to counter the impact of the religious right, has an overtly leftish agenda.
Versace's obsession with celebrity further alienated him from the religious right, which idealises the steady modesty and anonymity of ordinary Americans.
But more so than Bush, Perry has stronger bona fides with its hard core base of fiscal conservatives and the religious right.
Begin with the fact, little noticed by the left, that much of the old religious right is in a state of collapse.
The embrace of the new, central to a country constantly renewed by immigrants, is in this sense shared by America's religious right.
General Musharraf admits that the religious right is poised to protest violently.
But some Muslims claim it to be their religious right in America.
His third advantage is that the religious right is in the doldrums.
Whatever the impact on Mr Romney's fortunes, in short, the religious right shows no inclination to let him run the election campaign he wants.
The support he would win from the broad political centre, he presumably calculates, would more than make up for defections on the religious right.
The religious right would be moribund if the fertility of conservative Protestants in the 20th century was the same as that of non-religious Americans.
Dr Askari fears a government under Mr Sharif will tilt towards the politico-religious right, and thereby create further confusion in how to deal with militancy.
Bush answered "Christ, " which led some to speculate he was attempting to either appease the religious right or inject his religious beliefs into the campaign.
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Unfortunately, its progress has been slowed dramatically in the U.S. due to objections from the religious right, which mistakenly confuses stem cell research with abortion.
James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, a conservative-values forum, and the most influential figure on the religious right, has lent his support.
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