Shes a marco rubio delegate from washington and the first openly gay person ever assigned to the. Jul 14, 2016 one of the most influential gay republican groups says it is furious about what its calling the most anti lgbt platform in the republican partys history. Angelo of the 2016 republican platform, which was released in its entirety on monday. This post originally implied that barney frank was outed during a scandal in 1989.
Experiments in the military willtfighfor schoolchoiceandlocalcontrol. An lgbt person sat on the platform committee for the republican platform committee for the first time ever this year. While trump stays out of it, gop platform tacks to the. Rachel hoff, a lesbian who describes herself as a defense and foreign. Jul 25, 2016 last week, the republican party ratified its 2016 platform that includes key socially conservative planks on life, marriage, and religious liberty, which frc action, in tandem with our partner delegates, helped to improve from the 2012 platform. The language the committee ultimately settles on is not binding, however. Republican lgbt advocates attack gop platform ahead of. The republican partys official platform will remain opposed to samesex marriage, after a gop committee on monday rejected proposals that would have softened the partys stance on lgbt issues. Jul, 2016 moderate delegates pushing for gay rights language in the platform secured enough signatures on tuesday to demand a vote on their proposals from all 2,472 delegates. Attempting to take a page from supermans playbook, the republican partys 2016 platform committee is attempting to reverse the social, political, and legislative rotation of the united states. Its the most antilgbt platform in history, said gregory t. While the republican platform will contain language that is antilgbt, that would ban transgender people from public restrooms, the.
Jul 25, 2016 indeed, the gop platform adopted in cleveland last week is more antilgbtq than ever. The democratic national convention is set for this july in philadelphia, pennsylvania. The republican platform shows the party isnt moving past. Gop platform committee bucks 21st century, reaffirms anti. This post originally implied that barney frank was outed during a. While trump stays out of it, gop platform tacks to the right. Republican platform 2016 with this platform, we the republican party. Last week, the republican party ratified its 2016 platform that includes key socially conservative planks on life, marriage, and religious liberty, which frc action, in tandem with our partner delegates, helped to improve from the 2012 platform. Jul, 2016 even as gop delegates endorsed a platform this week that tacks sharply to the right on gay rights, the republican party is about to nominate a presidential candidate who, in the past, has shown. Political positions of the republican party wikipedia. Gop takes platform further to right on lgbt issues the. Jul 14, 2016 the republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who supports it. Its the most anti lgbt platform in history, said gregory t.
On monday, hoff, who is the first openly gay republican to sit on the gops platform committee, put forward language calling for a thoughtful conversation on samesex marriage. Read the republican platform on samesex marriage, guns and wall street scenes from the floor of the 2016 republican national convention on monday, july 18, 2016, in cleveland. Republican platform tilts right of trump on lgbt issues july, 2016 by brian naylor, npr news the platform will be voted on monday at the start of the republican national convention in cleveland. The log cabin republicans criticized the platform put forward for the republican national convention as the most antilgbt in the partys 162year history in. Jul 18, 2016 despite efforts from pro lgbt republicans to remove opposition to samesex marriage from the 2016 platform, the document seeks to reverse the u. In 2016, those numbers all but held steady, suggesting that the republican party still has a long way to go to win over lgbt voters. Gay republicans push for prolgbt language in platform. Rnc reportedly adopts conversion therapy as 2016 platform. The document takes ultraconservative positions on just about everything. Rachel hoff, 1st openly gay gop platform member, making the case for a neutral platform plank on gay marriage.
Msnbc, is donald trump 2016s most lgbtfriendly republican. Jul 17, 2016 nj republicans protest partys antilgbt platform they say the party must show its inclusive if it hopes to win in new jersey. Republican lgbt advocates attack gop platform ahead of convention. The gop platform made no concessions on samesex marriage and transgender rights the platform is the work of party activists, making no concessions on issues such as. Lgbt issues were being discussed in almost every platform subcommittee, says gregory angelo, president of the log cabin republicans, a gay conservative group. Jul, 2016 2016 has been a mixed bag for lgbt politics oct. The platform committee, one of several committees meeting prior to next weeks republican national convention, gathered in downtown cleveland to spell out the partys core principles and values for the next four years. A 2016 party platform that staked out antilgbt positions on. Emerging republican platform goes far to the right the. Trump makes history with lgbtinclusion in acceptance speech. Even as gop delegates endorsed a platform this week that tacks sharply to the right on gay rights, the republican party is about to nominate a presidential candidate who, in the past, has shown. Gays are one of the few groups that presumptive republican nominee donald trump has not singled out for criticism.
Prolgbt republican groups were livid at the outcome. Jul 12, 2016 o n tuesday morning, the first openly gay member of the republican partys platform committee said she was offering amendments to see just how far this committee is willing to go to avoid a. One reason the republican party scheduled their convention in july was to help avoid a longer, drawnout primary battle similar to what happened in 2012, which left the party fractured heading into the general election and eventually led to mitt. The republicans will be holding their convention in cleveland. Republican party platform 2016 democratic party platform 2016 environment. Todays republican party is an anti lgbt hate group. Recognizes that parents, not the government, are a childs first and foremost educators, and opposes. Jul, 2016 the gop platform made no concessions on samesex marriage and transgender rights the platform is the work of party activists, making no concessions on issues such as samesex marriage or. Jul 12, 2016 on monday, hoff, who is the first openly gay republican to sit on the gops platform committee, put forward language calling for a thoughtful conversation on samesex marriage.
Our air and waterways are much healthier than they were a few decades ago. The new republican platform has been described as the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history. Republican platform tilts right of trump on lgbt issues kpbs. Republicans vote against samesex marriage, including lgbt community as isis targets. The republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who. The republican party passed the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history, the log cabin republicans, a group of gay. Under president obamas leadership, and thanks to the hard work and determination of the american.
Jul 18, 2016 read the republican platform on samesex marriage, guns and wall street scenes from the floor of the 2016 republican national convention on monday, july 18, 2016, in cleveland. Republican platform things the republican party is against. The log cabin republicans criticized the platform put forward for the republican national convention as the most anti lgbt in the partys 162year history in. The republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who supports it. The republican party has done it again, moving toward approval of its most staunchly anti lgbt, hateful platform of all time. The republican platform, as of 2016, is officially opposed to samesex marriage and other lgbt rights. Despite efforts from prolgbt republicans to remove opposition to samesex marriage from the 2016 platform, the document seeks to reverse. The republican platform is extremist and so is anyone. Moreover, trump delivered the lgbtinclusive speech in the same week delegates at the republican national convention ratified a party platform considered the most antilgbt in history. Republican platform tries to reverse earths rotation on.
Rnc reportedly adopts conversion therapy as 2016 platform plank unconfirmed reports hold that the republican national committee has affirmed support for. Barasso says he has stated from the beginning this was going to be a conservative platform, reflecting the views, and the values, and the vision of the republican party, and i think we stayed. The 2016 democratic national convention lgbt platform. After a week of wrangling, republican delegates officially voted on monday to adopt their 2016 platform, a policy blueprint that manages to take ultraconservative positions on samesex marriage, religion, pornography, and even national parks. Heres the full text of the 2016 republican platform. Todays republican party is an antilgbt hate group more of dickersons uphill fight against gop homophobes via the hill. O n tuesday morning, the first openly gay member of the republican partys platform committee said she was offering amendments to see just how far this committee is willing to go to avoid a. Log cabin republicans a message on the gop platform from. Gop panel approves platform with trump tinge, renewed social. Nj republicans protest partys antilgbt platform they say the party must show its inclusive if it hopes to win in new jersey. Heres the full text of the 2016 republican platform huffpost. This is the republican partys platform on lgbt rights.
Opposition to marriage equality, nonsense about bathrooms, an endorsement of the debunked psychological practice of pray the gay away its all in there. Thats the conclusion of log cabin republicans, a group of gay republicans. Hoffs platform suggestion marked the first time that a republican requested the partys. Emerging republican platform goes far to the right the new. Both parties will put forth a platform with goals they hope to achieve if their candidate wins the presidency. Jul 20, 2016 cleveland, july 20, 2016 lifesitenews gathered in cleveland, the republican party has adopted what is being described as the most prolife platform in the 162year history of the gop. Jul 22, 2016 moreover, trump delivered the lgbt inclusive speech in the same week delegates at the republican national convention ratified a party platform considered the most anti lgbt in history. Antigay remarks lost a congressman wall street, and maybe his house seat oct.
Jul 18, 2016 the document takes ultraconservative positions on just about everything. Moments ago, the republican party passed the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history. August 17, 2015 republican party, the 2016 republican party platform, accessed august 23, 2016 congress. Republican platform tilts right of trump on lgbt issues. In 2016, both the democratic and republican conventions were held before the summer olympics instead of after, as was the case in 2008 and 2012.
Trump keeps distance in gop platform fight on lgbt rights. The president has been regulating to death a free market economy that he does not like and does not understand. Read the republican platform on samesex marriage, guns and wall street scenes from the floor of the 2016 republican national convention on. Outside the platform meetings, lgbt republicans are looking forward to an exceptionally welcoming scene in cleveland. Four years after the republican platform rejected state court decisions striking down bans on samesex marriage as an assault on the foundations of our society, the 2016 platform continues the. Gop panel approves platform with trump tinge, renewed. Nj republicans protest partys antilgbt platform lgbtq.
The democrat dnc 2016 lgbt platform was decades in the making. They sit on either side of a vast ideological gulf. Jul 19, 2016 four years after the republican platform rejected state court decisions striking down bans on samesex marriage as an assault on the foundations of our society, the 2016 platform continues the. Republican and democratic platforms show parties further. Republican platform things the republican party is. Republican platform tries to reverse earths rotation on lgbt. Jul, 2016 attempting to take a page from supermans playbook, the republican partys 2016 platform committee is attempting to reverse the social, political, and legislative rotation of the united states. A few days earlier, the human rights campaign the leading lgbt activist group sent out a memo calling the gops platform on gay rights abhorrent. A 2016 party platform that staked out anti lgbt positions on.
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