This story is from the AP wires (via the
ABC new website): "Frist Not Invited to 'Justice Sunday II'"
Why?
Since the first [Justice Sunday] rally [which Frist addressed by video], the potential 2008 presidential candidate has angered the events' organizers by stating his support for expanded human embryonic stem cell research. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was invited to speak at the Aug. 14 rally.
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said Tuesday on the group's Web site that Frist's recently announced stem cell stance "reflects an unwise and unnecessary choice both for public policy and for respecting the dignity of human life." Perkins also has been annoyed with Frist for allowing a compromise on President Bush's judicial nominations.
Note that the rally has nothing to do with stem cells, and that Frist was not part of the Gang of 14. But that doesn't matter. If you are not 100% on their side 100% of the time, you get stiffed.
This is how all such movements eventually fall apart, of course. The problem for the rest of us is that "eventually" takes a while.