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They are reeling not only from the loss of the presidency, but from what many of them see as a rejection of their agenda. They lost fights against same-sex marriage in all four states where it was on the ballot, and saw anti-abortion-rights Senate candidates defeated and two states vote to legalize marijuana for recreational use. <\/p>\n

It is not as though they did not put up a fight; they went all out as never before: The Rev. Billy Graham dropped any pretense of nonpartisanship and all but endorsed Mitt Romney for president. Roman Catholic bishops denounced President Obama\u2019s policies as a threat to life, religious liberty and the traditional nuclear family. Ralph Reed\u2019s Faith and Freedom Coalition distributed more voter guides in churches and contacted more homes by mail and phone than ever before.
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