Why are these people allowed in CPAC?
They were paying sponsors. We had a debate about that too. Some of us knew this would happen.
Which people? The pro-homosexual agenda people?
I don’t think you had to fill out a questionare in order to buy tickets.
Because CPAC, as a conference, is no longer about maximising freedom while supporting traditional values and American patriotism?
Let's face it, CPAC has devolved into a place you go if you want to try to get hooked up into the insider network and become an inside-the-beltway Party wonk with all the perks that come with it. If you're one of those little goobers who wore a sport coat and tie to the football games and stepped on everybody else to climb the ladder so you could be President of the Podunk U. College Republicans, then CPAC is the place for you.
For folks like that, little issues like "what effect will a radical social agenda called for by this group have on the freedom and social stability of everyone else who doesn't belong to this group?" don't mean much. Worrying about principles and values and things like that is merely an impediment to gathering more power to yourself and your clique by trying to "expand the tent." In other words, CPAC is not about conservatism, but about influence trading.
Granted, some conservative politicians still find it expedient to go there, get their name out, make a great speech, and whatnot (Rubio comes to mind), but for true, real, actual grassroots conservatism, CPAC is not friendly territory, and hasn't been for a while (roughly coinciding with the period that David Keene has had significant influence on the conference).