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发帖数: 4174 | 1 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing a push by the pro-
LGBT rights organization Freedom to Marry to include marriage equality in
the 2012 Democratic Party platform, Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly reported
on Wednesday.
This week, Freedom to Marry launched the "Democrats: Say I Do" campaign to
promote the drive to get Democrats to include a pro-gay marriage segment in
their platform, which will officially be ratified at the party's national
convention in September. The language reads:
We support the full inclusion of all families in the life of our nation,
with equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law,
including the freedom to marry. Government has no business putting barriers
in the path of people seeking to care for their family members, particularly
in challenging economic times. We support the Respect for Marriage Act and
the overturning of the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act, and oppose
discriminatory constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny the
freedom to marry to loving and committed same-sex couples.
"Leader Pelosi supports this language," spokesperson Drew Hammill told Metro
Weekly.
Freedom to Marry president Evan Wolfson later told Metro Weekly that he was
happy to have Pelosi's backing.
"Freedom to Marry is proud to have Leader Pelosi joining our call to put the
Democratic Party squarely on record in support of the freedom to marry as
part of the national platform. A wide majority of Democrats and Independents
support the freedom to marry, and standing up for all families is not just
the right thing to do, it's the right to do politically," he said. "I hope
more people will quickly join Leader Pelosi by signing Freedom to Marry's '
Democrats: Say I Do' petition so together we can get the party, and the
country, where the majority of Americans already are."
While recent polls have shown a rapid increase in national support for same-
sex marriage rights, especially among Democrats, the party's latest platform
in 2008 gave rather vague backing on the issue. "We oppose the Defense of
Marriage Act and all attempts to use this issue to divide us," it read,
without any specific mention of marriage equality.
And the issue of same-sex marriage continues to be a complex one for
President Barack Obama. He hasn't come out in support of marriage equality,
but the president continues to "evolve" on the issue, as he has been doing
since campaigning for 2008 election. He has endorsed the Respect for
Marriage Act -- which would repeal DOMA -- and frequently suggests to his
gay supporters that there is more work to be done to ensure equal rights.
Earlier this year, Pelosi also urged Obama to clarify his stance and "just
say he supports equality in marriage." | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2012/02/house-minority-leader-n
The change to the Democratic Party platform would be a significant
advancement for marriage equality advocates.
In 2008, the platform stated that the party "oppose[d] the Defense of
Marriage Act and that it "supported ... equal responsibilities, benefits and
protections." It took no position on marriage equality.
In 2004, the platform opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment backed by then-
President George W. Bush but, as to marriage equality, stated that "marriage
has been defined at the state level for 200 years, and we believe it should
continue to be defined there." | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 3 支持共和党的同志，支持谁是你的自由，但是请不要用两党在同志议题上没什么区别做
借口，来误导其他同志。
The Republican Party platform, by comparison, stated in 2008: "Because our
children’s future is best preserved within the traditional understanding of
marriage, we call for a constitutional amendment that fully protects
marriage as a union of a man and a woman, so that judges cannot make other
arrangements equivalent to it. In the absence of a national amendment, we
support the right of the people of the various states to affirm traditional
marriage through state initiatives." It also stated that DOMA was enacted by
a Republican Congress and called Democratic efforts to repeal DOMA "
unbelievabl[e]."
Of the three candidates seeking the Republican nomination to have won any of
the primary contests -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former
Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.)
-- all oppose marriage equality and support a Federal Marriage Amendment to
make marriages between same-sex couples unconstitutional. Such an amendment
failed to secure even 50 of the necessary 60 votes for cloture when it was
voted on in 2006. The measure would need a two-thirds vote approving the
amendment itself from both chambers before being sent to the states for
ratification. | p*****o
发帖数: 1010 | 4 两党在同性恋婚姻的问题上做法和主张是不同的。问题不在这上面，因为民主必须允
许不同，也必然有不同的存在。问题在于没有共和党部分政客的支持，同性恋的主
张利益不可能得到保障。所以不能公开地反对某一个政党，必须争取合作。在不同
之下找到合作和解的可能。分析-瓦解-孤立-演化矛盾和冲突的实质。
of
traditional
by
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 支持共和党的同志，支持谁是你的自由，但是请不要用两党在同志议题上没什么区别做
: 借口，来误导其他同志。
: The Republican Party platform, by comparison, stated in 2008: "Because our
: children’s future is best preserved within the traditional understanding of
: marriage, we call for a constitutional amendment that fully protects
: marriage as a union of a man and a woman, so that judges cannot make other
: arrangements equivalent to it. In the absence of a national amendment, we
: support the right of the people of the various states to affirm traditional
: marriage through state initiatives." It also stated that DOMA was enacted by
: a Republican Congress and called Democratic efforts to repeal DOMA "
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 5 提倡种族主义是不是也是民主？怎么成了过街老鼠了？别用民主来为歧视找借口。共和
党的PLATFORM是support a Federal Marriage Amendment，运用一切可以用的机会阻挠
MARRIAGE EQUALITY的进展，我还不能公开反对了？反对共和党反同的主流与争取部分
友同的共和党人以及在可以COMPROMISE的问题上COMPROMISE一点也不矛盾（比如保障宗
教自由）。通过合作来解决问题是要分清是非和敌友，是非都分不清，解决个P问题。
【在 p*****o 的大作中提到】
: 两党在同性恋婚姻的问题上做法和主张是不同的。问题不在这上面，因为民主必须允
: 许不同，也必然有不同的存在。问题在于没有共和党部分政客的支持，同性恋的主
: 张利益不可能得到保障。所以不能公开地反对某一个政党，必须争取合作。在不同
: 之下找到合作和解的可能。分析-瓦解-孤立-演化矛盾和冲突的实质。
:
: of
: traditional
: by
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 6 你这是不分主次，搞相对论．是，表面上看某些共和党议员／政客也在某些对同志利益
有利的法案中期到了重要的作用，但是这只是所谓民主的一种不得已，你难道因此可以
结论说共和党对同志比民主党更友好宽容？如果不是很多民主党人积极提出那些法案并
努力将它们推倒投票的阶段，这些共和党人也不会起到任何＂作用＂．到您这里，那些
多年来努力推进同志权益的民主党人好像可以忽略不计，反倒那些共和党人成了拯救同
志的英雄．
【在 p*****o 的大作中提到】
: 两党在同性恋婚姻的问题上做法和主张是不同的。问题不在这上面，因为民主必须允
: 许不同，也必然有不同的存在。问题在于没有共和党部分政客的支持，同性恋的主
: 张利益不可能得到保障。所以不能公开地反对某一个政党，必须争取合作。在不同
: 之下找到合作和解的可能。分析-瓦解-孤立-演化矛盾和冲突的实质。
:
: of
: traditional
: by
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 7 我们从来没有吝啬对投票支持我门的共和党人的赞美，这年头，民主党人支持我们没有
多大压力，而共和党人则需要更大的勇气。LGBT给了NY投票支持GAY MARRIAGE的四位共
和党人的连任很大的支持。再看最近通过GAY MARRIAGE的，哪个州的法案没包括保护宗
教自由的条款？
但是，如果你选了GINGRICH，ROMNEY 或SANTORUM，你就等着他提名几个保守大法官，
或是VETO国会通过的GAY MARRIAGE吧？想要MARRIAGE EQUALITY？２０年后都难，对很
多人来说可能是下辈子了。NJ就是一例，如果现在NJ的州长是民主党，NJ这几星期内就
是第８个实现GAY MARRIAGE的州了，而现在这个可能性很小。 | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 8 我就是不懂某些人为什么看不懂主次.他们为什么对共和党做得那么有限的一点(还附带了很多条件的)都几乎"感恩戴德"?
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 我们从来没有吝啬对投票支持我门的共和党人的赞美，这年头，民主党人支持我们没有
: 多大压力，而共和党人则需要更大的勇气。LGBT给了NY投票支持GAY MARRIAGE的四位共
: 和党人的连任很大的支持。再看最近通过GAY MARRIAGE的，哪个州的法案没包括保护宗
: 教自由的条款？
: 但是，如果你选了GINGRICH，ROMNEY 或SANTORUM，你就等着他提名几个保守大法官，
: 或是VETO国会通过的GAY MARRIAGE吧？想要MARRIAGE EQUALITY？２０年后都难，对很
: 多人来说可能是下辈子了。NJ就是一例，如果现在NJ的州长是民主党，NJ这几星期内就
: 是第８个实现GAY MARRIAGE的州了，而现在这个可能性很小。
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 9 不过他说的最后平权的实现一定要有共和国党人的支持也是事实。
带了很多条件的)都几乎"感恩戴德"?
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 我就是不懂某些人为什么看不懂主次.他们为什么对共和党做得那么有限的一点(还附带了很多条件的)都几乎"感恩戴德"?
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 10 这是民主的无可奈何.
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 不过他说的最后平权的实现一定要有共和国党人的支持也是事实。
:
: 带了很多条件的)都几乎"感恩戴德"?
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