pink purge
n.— «Some Christians, who are pivotal to the GOP’s get-out-the-vote effort, are charging that gay Republican staffers in Congress may have thwarted their legislative agenda. There even are calls for what some have dubbed a “pink purge” of high-ranking gay Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the administration.» —“Some Seek ‘Pink Purge’ in the GOP” by Johanna Neuman in Washington, D.C. Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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