Rob Schlein
Rob Schlein, president of Metroplex Republicans, reports that some of the anti-gay planks have been removed from the Texas Republican Party’s platform during the state GOP convention in Fort Worth.
“Several anti-gay planks were removed from the Texas GOP Platform,” writes Schlein, an alternate delegate at the convention. “The most offensive still remains because the sessions got very very late and a motion to adjourn passed. I do see a clear shift in attitude, so I’m hopeful that next cycle we will clean up the rest. The immigration component is much better than before, and it seems Texas delegates are ready to be pragmatic and accept reasonable solutions based upon the platform planks.”
Schlein passed along a note from Dave Nalle, president of the Republican Liberty Caucus, containing more details about the anti-gay planks:
“For those who want to know, the items which we did manage to get out were opposition to gay adoption, gay Scoutmasters, the language equating homosexuality and pedophilia, and the endorsement for reinstating the sodomy law,” according to Nalle. “What remains is the lengthy paragraph which is basically a religious condemnation of homosexuality and the anti gay marriage plank.”
They may no longer be “saying” it, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still thinking it.
Hey Republicans….what would Jesus do?
As an Ally I am encouraged by your report, Rob. I attended as a guest at the 2012 RPT convention, and I was disappointed to see the plank contained so much homophobic language. Now that I know you were successful in having more anti-gay planks removed prior to adoption of the final planks, I am hopeful that education will eventually overcome the fear and ignorance.
I am a Republican and i am heterosexual. I am not against gay people. a persons sexual preference is no ones damned business except for teh individual . I am weary of people thinking that all Republicans are against gay marriage and against gays period. that is not true. Ron Paul is for gay marriage but cant seem to get the Republican nomination . It is sad, he would get Democratic votes for numerous reasons and on numerous issues.. Obama is a communist who is using gays as a pawn to get relected. Obama never was for gay marriage until this current reelection. Who can forget that Obama said” ‘my grandmother showed typical white behavior.”. He said this during the primaires, . No one but the blind voted for this racist man. Bush may not have been the greatest President the Usa has never had but Obama will prove to be the destruction of the USa. Obama is no Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was a Republican.
Is it true that they are going to continue to let us own and operate motor vehicles?
Obama is not “just doing it for votes.” Here is a list of the things he has done THROUGHOUT his administration to support the LGBT community:
https://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/22/what-president-obama-has-done-for-lgbt-rights-and-equality/
@Chris: Everything you say is absolutely, completely, 100% correct. But there is one small error. You used the name Obama in several places when the correct name should have been Romney.
Are there other articles going in depth on this?
Wow, just looked up the platform on-line, and fail to see how a platform that calls for a Federal Amendment against same-sex marraige, as well as one that says we “tear at the fabric of society and contributes to the breakdown of the family unit” can be called Progressive in any sense of the term. For anyone who wants to read it themselves, here is the link, which should have been provided: https://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012-Platform-Final.pdf
I just read the TX Republican Party platform (above link) in it’s entireity…..this is progress? These people still refer to us as”tearing at the fabric of society” and reassert their belief that our marriages deserve no recognition or privileges. Sorry, there is no way one can be gay and feel any self-respect and still be a party to this verbal abuse and hateful rhetoric.