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 the document takes ultraconservative positions on just about everything. Emerging republican platform goes far to the right the new. Gays are one of the few groups that presumptive republican nominee donald trump has not singled out for criticism. This week, the democrats approved their platform, which swings them even farther to the extreme left on their radical social agenda. The republican party passed the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history, the log cabin republicans, a group of gay. Trump makes history with lgbtinclusion in acceptance speech. Gop takes platform further to right on lgbt issues the. Prolgbt republican groups were livid at the outcome. Recognizes that parents, not the government, are a childs first and foremost educators, and opposes. Log cabin republicans a message on the gop platform from. Nj republicans protest partys antilgbt platform they say the party must show its inclusive if it hopes to win in new jersey. Antigay remarks lost a congressman wall street, and maybe his house seat oct. Gop panel approves platform with trump tinge, renewed.
Gop platform committee bucks 21st century, reaffirms anti. Opposition to marriage equality, nonsense about bathrooms, an endorsement of the debunked psychological practice of pray the gay away its all in there. 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. While the republican platform will contain language that is antilgbt, that would ban transgender people from public restrooms, the. Thats the conclusion of log cabin republicans, a group of gay republicans. 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. Todays republican party is an antilgbt hate group more of dickersons uphill fight against gop homophobes via the hill. Republican platform things the republican party is against. Msnbc, is donald trump 2016s most lgbtfriendly republican. Rnc reportedly adopts conversion therapy as 2016 platform. 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. They sit on either side of a vast ideological gulf.
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. 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 shows the party isnt moving past. 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 republican platform is extremist and so is anyone. The president has been regulating to death a free market economy that he does not like and does not understand. While trump stays out of it, gop platform tacks to the. 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. The republicans will be holding their convention in cleveland. Republican platform tries to reverse earths rotation on. A 2016 party platform that staked out antilgbt positions on. The 2016 democratic national convention lgbt platform.
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. 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. Angelo of the 2016 republican platform, which was released in its entirety on monday. 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. 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. Republican platform tries to reverse earths rotation on lgbt. 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. Experiments in the military willtfighfor schoolchoiceandlocalcontrol. Rachel hoff, a lesbian who describes herself as a defense and foreign.
Both parties will put forth a platform with goals they hope to achieve if their candidate wins the presidency. Republican platform tilts right of trump on lgbt issues kpbs. Gop panel approves platform with trump tinge, renewed social. 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. Republican lgbt advocates attack gop platform ahead of. A brief and ugly history of the gops antilgbt platform. 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. Jul 25, 2016 indeed, the gop platform adopted in cleveland last week is more antilgbtq than ever. Republicans vote against samesex marriage, including lgbt community as isis targets. Moments ago, the republican party passed the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history. Despite efforts from prolgbt republicans to remove opposition to samesex marriage from the 2016 platform, the document seeks to reverse. August 17, 2015 republican party, the 2016 republican party platform, accessed august 23, 2016 congress. Republican lgbt advocates attack gop platform ahead of convention. This is the republican partys platform on lgbt rights.
The republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who. Read the republican platform on samesex marriage, guns and wall street scenes from the floor of the 2016 republican national convention on. Emerging republican platform goes far to the right the. The language the committee ultimately settles on is not binding, however. Republican platform 2016 with this platform, we the republican party. One of the most influential gay republican groups says it is furious about what its calling the most antilgbt platform in the republican partys history. The document takes ultraconservative positions on just about everything. Our air and waterways are much healthier than they were a few decades ago. The republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who supports it. Heres the full text of the 2016 republican platform huffpost. 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.
Republican party platform 2016 democratic party platform 2016 environment. A 2016 party platform that staked out anti lgbt positions on. 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. While trump stays out of it, gop platform tacks to the right. Gay republicans push for prolgbt language in platform. Moderate delegates pushing for gay rights language in the platform secured enough signatures on tuesday to demand a vote on their proposals from all. 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. 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.
Lgbt issues were being discussed in almost every platform subcommittee, says gregory angelo, president of the log cabin republicans, a gay conservative group. Hoffs platform suggestion marked the first time that a republican requested the partys. Jul 14, 2016 the republican platform is extremist and so is anyone who supports it. 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. Under president obamas leadership, and thanks to the hard work and determination of the american. 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 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. Trump keeps distance in gop platform fight on lgbt rights. Outside the platform meetings, lgbt republicans are looking forward to an exceptionally welcoming scene in cleveland. The republican platform, as of 2016, is officially opposed to samesex marriage and other lgbt rights. 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. The democratic national convention is set for this july in philadelphia, pennsylvania. 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. 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 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. An lgbt person sat on the platform committee for the republican platform committee for the first time ever this year. 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. Todays republican party is an anti lgbt hate group. Rnc reportedly adopts conversion therapy as 2016 platform plank unconfirmed reports hold that the republican national committee has affirmed support for. Republican platform things the republican party is. Nj republicans protest partys antilgbt platform lgbtq. The cheekilynamed big tent brunch will feature jenner and montel. This post originally implied that barney frank was outed during a scandal in 1989. Heres the full text of the 2016 republican platform.
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. 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 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 2016 has been a mixed bag for lgbt politics oct. The democrat dnc 2016 lgbt platform was decades in the making. Rachel hoff, 1st openly gay gop platform member, making the case for a neutral platform plank on gay marriage. Shes a marco rubio delegate from washington and the first openly gay person ever assigned to the. Republican and democratic platforms show parties further. Indeed, the gop platform adopted in cleveland last week is more antilgbtq than ever. 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.
This post originally implied that barney frank was outed during a. 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. 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. The new republican platform has been described as the most antilgbt platform in the partys 162year history. Its the most anti lgbt platform in history, said gregory t. The republican party has done it again, moving toward approval of its most staunchly anti lgbt, hateful platform of all time.
Political positions of the republican party wikipedia. Jul 17, 2016 as the republican convention in cleveland begins, the gop and democratic platforms for the 2016 presidential election are complete. Republican platform tilts right of trump on lgbt issues. Its the most antilgbt platform in history, said gregory t.