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California GOP may strip opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage from platform
LA Times ^ | Aug 18 2023 | Seema Mehta

Posted on 08/20/2023 6:41:26 PM PDT by Alter Kaker

A rebellious campaign within the California Republican Party to break away from its historic opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage is dividing the party weeks before planned appearances by former President Trump and other GOP White House hopefuls.

A proposed platform overhaul, which could be voted on at the state GOP’s fall convention in Anaheim, is a remarkable break from conservative dogma in the state that nurtured Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.

“It’s a seismic shift but it’s a shift born out of practical necessity. Look at what’s happening not just in California but in much more conservative states, realizing antiabortion, anti-same-sex marriage stances are no longer tenable,” said Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School. “I think it shows their acknowledgment that the sand has shifted underneath their feet.”

Political platforms, while largely symbolic, are supposed to embody a party’s principles and core beliefs. Debate about modifying them often prompts controversy.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; gop; gope; gopestablishment; homosexualagenda; rinos; uniparty
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1 posted on 08/20/2023 6:41:26 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
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To: Alter Kaker

Yeah - I remember when Democrats broke from their core beliefs.
That would have been... Never.


2 posted on 08/20/2023 6:44:58 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Alter Kaker

Sounds like a bunch of GOOBs have been camping out on the RATs’ plantation.


3 posted on 08/20/2023 6:45:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Welcome to Amerika! Have you filed a lawsuit today?)
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To: Alter Kaker

DON’T WORRY I GOT THIS


4 posted on 08/20/2023 6:46:18 PM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: Alter Kaker

Well, they have no chance of winning any races so it really doens’t matter what they do.


5 posted on 08/20/2023 6:48:27 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Alter Kaker

It figures, since I have lived here for 60 plus years, the single event that ended and doomed the Republican Party to being irrelevant was the allowance of the Girly Man(Arnold Schwarzeneger) to become a member. Anyone with an IQ above 40 knows he is and always has been a wild eyed leftist marxist democrat.


6 posted on 08/20/2023 6:49:28 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Alter Kaker

As Califonia goes....


7 posted on 08/20/2023 6:50:57 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Alter Kaker

Friendly Reminder that the California GOP is wholly owned by Kevin McCarthy....


8 posted on 08/20/2023 6:56:12 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

“Big Tent” losers.


9 posted on 08/20/2023 7:00:03 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: Alter Kaker

Like so many mainstream Christian denominations, the Republican Party is growing. Growing more fluid in their core beliefs and convictions. Well as I have stated before, I am no longer a Republican and next year I will vote for no Republican candidate unless his name is Donald John Trump. The rest can go to Hades.


10 posted on 08/20/2023 7:00:32 PM PDT by Tupelo (ex uno multis)
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To: ought-six

Yep. It’s going to be a DEM House, Senate, and POTUS in 2025. And you think it’s miserable now. Just wait.


11 posted on 08/20/2023 7:00:44 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Well, the battle over homosexual marriage is over.

The battle over abortion is now a state by state battle. California, being a liberal state, has liberal abortion laws and will for the foreseeable future.

There’s no real consensus here on Free Republic about what should be done about abortion. So it probably makes no difference at all if a Republican party in a liberal state does not strongly oppose abortion.


12 posted on 08/20/2023 7:00:53 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Alter Kaker

Proponents of a “Big Tent” Republican party.

“RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says Republican candidates need to appeal to Independents in 2024”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4176547/posts


13 posted on 08/20/2023 7:02:09 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: ought-six

If they can’t be bribed, scared sht*less. Afraid for their families, and have trumped up charges, there’s always positions in the demonRATs hole.


14 posted on 08/20/2023 7:03:05 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (MURDER IS MYRDER)
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To: CatOwner

Well, I was referring to the California GOP, not the national GOP. But, you may be right, anyway.


15 posted on 08/20/2023 7:04:46 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

“Big tents” are for circuses.


16 posted on 08/20/2023 7:05:43 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: CatOwner
Yep. It’s going to be a DEM House, Senate, and POTUS in 2025. And you think it’s miserable now. Just wait.

If we don't vote for Trump in the primaries, the Democrats will have a hard time mobilizing their voters. But if Trump is on the ballot, they will vote AGAINST Trump.

17 posted on 08/20/2023 7:06:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Alter Kaker

The RINOs have been wanting to do this for years.

Thank God people like Phyllis Schlafly and Ken Blackwell were on the platform committee.


18 posted on 08/20/2023 7:09:56 PM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: lightman

But then Reagan used to talk about a big tent Republican party. So there’s that.


19 posted on 08/20/2023 7:11:29 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Alter Kaker
It’s a seismic shift but it’s a shift born out of practical necessity. Look at what’s happening not just in California but in much more conservative states, realizing antiabortion, anti-same-sex marriage stances are no longer tenable,” said Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School. “I think it shows their acknowledgment that the sand has shifted underneath their feet.”

First thought: They've turned into Episcopalians.

Second thought: Our Lord warned against building things on sand rather than rock.

20 posted on 08/20/2023 7:13:26 PM PDT by thecodont
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