Comments on: Dems approve marriage-equality inclusive platform

By: DNC takes GOP to task over anti-gay marriage language in platform | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:53:23 +0000

[...] contrast, the Democratic Party platform draft endorses marriage equality and rejects the Defense of Marriage Act in addition to expressing [...]

By: Week of August 12 | Matthew's Place

Week of August 12 | Matthew's Place — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:33:07 +0000

[...] This past week the full Democratic platform committee unanimously voted to approve of the party’s platform with the the marriage equality plank as well as other Pro-LGBT language. The language of the marriage equality plank was adopted without amendment and without significant discussion. [...]

By: CarrotCakeMan

CarrotCakeMan — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:29:30 +0000

The Democrats were NOT in full control of the government then. Perhaps you were incommunicado during the fight for ACA. The GOP obstructed it in the Senate.

By: Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:44:18 +0000

So proud of party for finally including us in the party platform Glad to be a part of it. Now let’s add support for the Dream Act!

By: Rebecca Juro

Rebecca Juro — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:09:39 +0000

My question here is the obvious one: Given that Democrats had support for LGBT workplace rights in 2008 platform and we didn’t even get so much as a vote on ENDA during the 111th Congress why does anyone think this platform has any connection whatsoever to the way Democrats will actually govern once elected, even if they take back full control of Congress and keep the White House?

People are talking about this like it actually matters in some real way, that is has some kind of impact on actual legislating when recent history teaches us that the platform is nothing more than a big come on, a Democratic Party political ad to try to convince LGBTs and other minorities that they’re going to fight for us once in office, when what we’ve already seen from this party and this president over the last four years, including two years when they were fully in control of the federal government, is precisely the opposite.

Nothing to see here, move along, move along…