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By a show of hands, convention-goers adopted the platform as proposed by a separate committee without the two planks on marriage and abortion, following the Clark County GOP’s lead in removing hot-button social issues from the party’s statement of its principles. Some 520 delegates attended the convention, but less than half were present when the platform was adopted at about 7:30 p.m. Little debate preceded the vote, a far contrast to earlier in day.
State party Chairman Michael McDonald said it was a successful convention at the end of the day.
“I think it was about inclusion, not exclusion,” McDonald said, referring to the platform. “This is where the party is going.”
Republicans who sat on the platform committee said they decided not to deal with social issues this year because the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts have weighed in and it doesn’t make sense for the party of “personal freedom” to have the government or the political party get involved in people’s personal lives.
“The issue was how can we back out of people’s personal lives,” said Dave Hockaday of Lyon County, who sat on the platform committee. “We need to focus on issues where we can have an impact.”
Previously, the state party platform defined marriage as “between a man and a woman,” as does the Nevada Constitution. The past document also described the party as “pro-life,” or against abortion, a stance most Republicans still agree with
Nevada GOP drops platforms against abortions, gay marriage, endorses Sandoval | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hopefully this is the tip of the iceberg and we can start getting this silly fight behind us and focus as a nation on real problems.
THIS....should scare the hell out of Dems.
We do this nationwide....we get back the senate and possibly the White House.
THIS....should scare the hell out of Dems.
We do this nationwide....we get back the senate and possibly the White House.
But it should please any and everyone who doesn't practice team politics. It pleases me. I at least can see a valid argument in being anti-abortion, but there's not a single legitimate (non-religious) argument against gay marriage.THIS....should scare the hell out of Dems.
Nevada GOP drops platforms against abortions, gay marriage, endorses Sandoval | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hopefully this is the tip of the iceberg and we can start getting this silly fight behind us and focus as a nation on real problems.
THIS....should scare the hell out of Dems.
We do this nationwide....we get back the senate and possibly the White House.
There is no chance of repubs doing this nationwide before SCOTUS ends the "controversy" forever.
the SCOTUS sucks at ending controversy. We still got people bitching about Roe vs Wade.
THIS....should scare the hell out of Dems.
We do this nationwide....we get back the senate and possibly the White House.
That might be true. It is quite different to drop SSM and Abortion from the state platform and candidates stating acceptance of those two issues on the campaign trail.
They don't need to accept anything....they just need to quit opposing and pissing people off.
If asked on the campaign trail..." do you support gay marriage?"...the correct response is what??? "Read the platform"?
..."I do not oppose it" will be seen as tacit acceptance. The platform is meaningless, the candidates are the holders of the keys.
The correct reply:
I find abortion to be unacceptable....but because I also find personal rights to be important, my opinion must remain just that....my opinion.
"Now...bring that cute little baby up here so I can kiss it and smile for these here cameras."
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