[Rabid Dog]

And that brings us back to my original point - change the platform. It's the only honest thing to do.

[EternalVigilance]

Of course, if the party platform is changed--turn out the lights, the Party's over.

Bad thing for America, but that is the reality.

[carton253]

But, the platform is voted and agreed on by the majority. it is not a unanimous decision. Should the minority now have to seek another party? Can a party's umbrella be big enough to include even the minority? If it can't, it will soon head for extinction... because a collaboration of people cannot agree about everything all the time.