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Will Britney appear at GOP convention? Some Republicans fume over it

World Entertainment News Network | August 27 2004

A Republican group has blamed pop rebel Britney Spears for "undermining the sexual morality" of American citizens after learning she has been approached to perform at this year's Republican National Convention.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports the singer has been asked to sing at George W Bush's political party bash at New York's Madison Square Garden next week, much to the disgust of Republican group the Illinois Family Institute.

American website The Scoop reports the institute emailed members, saying, "Through her immature antics, Spears has probably done more to undermine sexual morality than all the misguided legislation introduced in the United States over the last decade.

"It would be the height of hypocrisy for a party that claims to represent wholesome values to celebrate her."

The group is urging Republicans to phone the Republican Party convention hotline to protest Spears' unsuitability, due to her infamous kiss with Madonna at last year's MTV Video Music Awards and her Las Vegas 55 hour marriage to childhood pal Jason Alexander in January

Institute executive director Peter LaBarera says, "The response has been overwhelmingly positive.

"A few people have argued that the Democrats have all the Hollywood celebrities so we need her star power, but I think that could be played to the Republicans' advantage. Many Americans are sick of celebrities' political views being shoved down their throat."

Another Republican, Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition, says, "I do hope she won't be there. If she is there, I doubt that she'll be gyrating on stage. And I hope she doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction."