UNDATED (FOX)- A group of Republican National Committee members is considering a litmus test to rate candidates for their run in the 2010 elections. Candidates that do not support eight of the 10 resolutions would not receive campaign funding from the RNC.

The proposal would be a purity test for candidates to demonstrate they "espouse conservative principles and public policies" that are in opposition to "Obama's socialist agenda." Some of the main points of the proposal include support of smaller government and smaller debt; opposition to President Obama's health care plan; and support of the Defense of Marriage Act.

"The goal of the resolution is to take a position ... towards reclaiming the Republican Party's conservative bona fides," said Committeeman James Bopp, who authored the resolution, reported The Los Angeles Times . "We are open to diverse views. But you have to agree with us most of the time."

According to The New York Times , the proposed resolution was signed by 10 Republican National Committee members and was distributed on Monday morning. The members also invoked President Ronald Reagan and his call that the Republican party should be devoted to conservative principles but open to diverse views.

The Wall Street Journal noted that The Republican party is conflicted by the notion, supported many core conservatives, that the party has lost elections because it strayed from its ideological foundations. But RNC Chairman Michael Steele and others argue that the party can gain ground by welcoming a wider diversity of viewpoints.

The proposal could reportedly come up for consideration when the RNC meets this January in Honolulu.

Titled the "Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates," the 10 principles in the proposed resolution, which was circulated by Bopp , are:

(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill

(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run health care

(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation

(4) We support workers' right to secret ballot by opposing card check

(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants

(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges

(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat

(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act

(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion

(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership