Washington D.C., Jan 17, 2012 / 00:54 am
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum won the support of more than 150 leaders and representatives of conservative and Christian groups at a gathering in Texas this past weekend.
Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, said that “after praying for the nation's future,” conservative leaders took the first steps in “advancing a true conservative candidate toward the nomination.”
Perkins explained that the goal of the meeting was to attempt to unite in support around a single conservative candidate.
“That goal was achieved,” he said, when a super-majority of those present cast their ballots in favor of Santorum, a Catholic who formerly served as a Pennsylvania senator.