Posted on 08/09/2012 9:03:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The draft language in the Democratic Party platform endorsing marriage equality has been revealed and shown to say “we support marriage equality” is set to become a tenet of the party’s beliefs.
In addition to endorsing marriage equality, the language also calls for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and urges passage of DOMA repeal legislation known as the Respect for Marriage Act. Notably, the language explicitly backs religious freedom for marriage, saying religions should “decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference.”
Buzzfeed was first to make the language public ahead of the scheduled meeting of the full platform committee in Detroit. The Washington Blade confirmed the language is accurate through two sources familiar with the drafting process.
The full language reads:
“We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference.”
“We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples. We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.”
This weekend in Detroit, the full platform committee will discuss the draft platform and have the opportunity to submit proposed amendments, which need to be approved by a majority of the committee voting and present. The platform will then be presented to convention delegates Charlotte, N.C., for the Democratic National Convention.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, urged the committee to adopt the plank pertaining to marriage equality as part of the Democratic platform.
“Marriage equality has quickly become a mainstream American value and it’s a sign of the times that the Democratic Party has included language affirming the ability of gays and lesbians to marry in its draft platform,” Griffin said. “We encourage the Platform Committee and the delegates to the convention to adopt this strong statement that all loving and committed American families deserve equal treatment.”
Additional LGBT platform draft language has been revealed stating the Democratic Party’s commitment to passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The language also touts previous accomplishments, such as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal and passage of the hate crimes protections law.
As with the marriage language, the additional LGBT language was first reported by Buzzfeed. The Washington Blade confirmed with a source familiar with the platform drafting process that the language is accurate.
“We know that putting America back to work is job one, and we are committed to ensuring Americans do not face employment discrimination. We support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act because people should not be fired based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
“President Obama and the Democratic Party are committed to ensuring all Americans are treated fairly. This administration hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention and we must continue our work to prevent vicious bullying of young people and support LGBT youth. The President’s record, from ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in full cooperation with our military leadership, to passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, to ensuring same-sex couples can visit each other in the hospital, reflects Democrats’ belief that all Americans deserve the same chance to pursue happiness, earn a living, be safe in their communities, serve their country, and take care of the ones they love.”
The chicken was good. First time ever in a Chick-fil-A joint. I will be going back.
You will see a lot of violence then.
Just read where there is now pressure to lower the age of consent for boys for anal sex-—in Canada where they made homosexual marriage legal.
They now want equality of the sexes-—instead of raising the age of consent for the girls they want to lower the consent for boys to age 14. They will get it down to 12 eventually-—and like in the book The Brave New World-—and Herbert Marcuse’s ideas of utopian society-—where there is no restrictions on any type of sex acts for any age.
I firmly believe that the group trying to destroy Christian Ethics and God—the Soros-Atheist/Marxist type—really want this type of world for us. They want the orgies with children-—or whatever other base urge they have-—and no “restrictions” by evil religions.
A culture rampant with pederasty-———
Even Ancient philosophy condemned the pursuit of endless pleasures as evil-In Xenophon’s Memorabilia:
Xenophon: “Heracles! What a terrible power you ascribe to a kiss!”
Socrates: “You fool! ,,,I council you, Xenophon, whenever you see someone beautiful, to flee without looking back!” (these are men kissing boys/young beautiful men).
Then in “The Apology of Socrates to the Jury” (Xenophon)
Socrates: “Do you know anyone who is less enslaved to the desires of the body than I? And do you know any human being who is more free than I—I who accepts from no one either gifts or wages? And whom would you be likely to believe more just than the one so well adapted to his present possessions as not to need in addition any of the possessions of others? ...And while others porcure delight from the market place at great cost, I contrive without expense, delights from the soul more pleasant than those.”
My point is that perverse, immorality has always existed-—but in the Western tradition—starting as early with a very pederastic society—and all were because women had little worth as companions and were relegated to breeding and raising offspring in earliest ages-—where men got all their companionship and “recreation” from other men and especially boys.
That whole paradigm evolved-—through the stoics who eschewed hedonistic acts and led to the profound idea of Virtue and Justice-—which became enshrined in Christianity-—along with Charity and Faith and Hope.
This idea that Herbert Marcuse wants legitimized, “hedonism”-—was thought evil, even by Socrates.
Hedonism is what homosexuality is all about-—and the erasing of Christianity from Western Civilization-—the ideology/theology which put the nasty, evil acts of sodomy (and pederasty) in the closet. If homosexuality is normalized like in the Greek society, then we will no longer be able to raise our children with a Christian paradigm like the US did for hundreds of years on this continent—the most Christian of all countries. It is almost impossible to fight the mainstream—and the Laws that force an ideology of “Vice is Good”.
It ends up being an unjust, evil place—because it promotes evil, of course. Christians will be marginalized and hiding in caves. We will be back to the Worldview of Ancient Greece-—(and present day Afghanistan).
That is REAL progress/sarc. (Although the Ancient Greeks Masters were so much more profound thinkers than all Leftists put together—some of the most irrational—sick thinkers-—whose ideology always leads to massive killings of even babies.
Ugly, ugly group of “men” who debase their own bodies and mock God’s design.
They are mentally ill—(should still be classified as such, like it was for hundreds of years) with such a warped view of the Laws of Nature-—the very Foundation of American Law-—and should be scorned, instead of lauded, by that sodomite in the White House who must worship Satan.
The White House will have to be fumigated again like it was when the gross Clintons inhabited the place.
You are so correct.
This whole “homosexual movement in the US” was founded by the Communist Harry Hay, himself sodomized as a boy (learned Vice).
It is a Satanic idea-—the Homosexual movement is the continued attack on God and Christianity particularly. The US, being the most Christian nation, in the 18th-21st centuries, is the main target of the pederasts.
By forcing the acceptance of “Sodomy is Good”-—by Civil Unions—or Marriage —or whatever they want to call sodomizing others-—will destroy the Christian paradigm in the next generation.
It is all about forcing the images of homosexuals and their acts on really young children—in the formative ages-—so that it is normalized and their Worldview will be changed back to that of Ancient Greece where homosexuality was glorified along with pederasty—since it is learned and modeled, or like the current Afghani boys who think it is cool to sodomize a harem of boys.
The Political Correctness forced in the Public Square and Schools/Universities (concept of Mao) makes it “evil” to call evil, evil. (No freedom of speech in the truest-Constitutional Sense).
That shuts the parents up—the ones who can undo the conditioning of the children—by schools and TV-—but the images/peers/Marxist teachers have much more of their attention and time now adays since Dewey and his “mass indoctrination” centers opened in the 30’s.
If you consider yourself any kind of a Christian and/or any kind of a conservative, you cannot support this new Democrat party. Whatever you think of Romney, you have to vote for him, even if you have to hold your nose to do so!
If you consider yourself any kind of a Christian and/or any kind of a conservative, you cannot support this new Democrat party. Whatever you think of Romney, you have to vote for him, even if you have to hold your nose to do so!
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