Posted on 07/10/2016 7:02:03 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
With the Republican National Convention less than two weeks away, moderate Republicans are drafting an amendment that would soften the GOP's official position on gays and lesbians, CBS News has learned.
The party's official stance on LGBT issues will be debated during next week's meeting of the RNC's platform committee, a 112-member group of Republican activists from around the country.
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Currently, the language adopted during the 2012 platform calls the "redefinition of marriage" by state courts an "assault on the foundations of society." It's unclear whether or not this language will be eliminated. But the compromise that some delegates are expecting is the addition of "equality language."
"Equality for all people," is how one member of the platform committee described the language to CBS News. "That would be a hard thing for Republicans not to vote for."
"The compromises are going to end up in the same place where it's pretty much been, just to keep the fighting at a minimum. But there are ways to say things that show we are a party that believes in fairness for all Americans," the delegate added.
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At this juncture, it’s pretty much a non-issue except to not alienate those who really need to be open to the Word......it’s not our job to ‘cast them into Hell” so why not try to talk the Word with them and lead by example? God will sort it out in the end and Jesus spent more time with those who were in the most need of hearing His message.....
GTH, Demonpublicans.
Please (the media) stop calling them “moderate republicans.” They are liberals who are afraid of the title.
The social liberals have apparently failed.
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