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USA: Four Former DNC Chairs Want Marriage Equality Added to Party Platform

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

DNC Chairs and Marriage Equalityour former chairs of the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday endorsed a proposal that would add marriage for same-sex couples to their party’s 2012 platform.

“We are proud that the Democratic Party fights for working families, economic justice, and equal opportunity for all,” said Howard Dean, Donald Fowler, Steve Grossman and David Wilhelm in a joint statement. “Times change, but our principles must always remain strong.”

This announcement comes less than a month after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who chairs the Democratic National Convention that will take place in Charlotte this summer, announced his support for the proposal. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and 22 U.S. senators are among those who have also backed the proposal.

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Five More Obama Co-Chairs Join Push for Marriage Equality in Party Platform

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Marriage Equality and the Democratic PartyThree congressional Democrats and California’s attorney general have joined a growing group of President Obama’s campaign national cochairs who support a pro-marriage equality plank in the 2012 Democratic platform.

In responses to The Advocate, U.S. senator Michael Bennet of Colorado joined California attorney general Kamala Harris and U.S. representatives Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Charles Gonzalez of Texas in favoring Democratic platform language that affirms marriage rights for same-sex couples.

Organized labor’s representation on the committee — the AFL-CIO’s Maria Elena Durazo of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor — has also indicated her support for adding to the platform. All five are among the 35 national cochairs tasked with on-the-ground outreach and advising the campaign on key issues. “They each share the president’s vision for a future where every American can have a fair shot at success, where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded,” Obama for America campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement last week.

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Freedom to Marry Launches Campaign to Add Marriage Equality to the Democratic Platform

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Marriage Equality and the Democratic Party PlatformSupporters of gay marriage are calling on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to add marriage equality to the party’s 2012 platform.

On Monday, Freedom to Marry launched the Democrats: Say I Do campaign.

“An overwhelming majority of Democrats support the freedom to marry, as do a significant majority of Independents and voters under 50 across the political spectrum,” said Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry. “The Democratic Party has a noble history of fighting for the human and civil rights of all Americans. It’s now time for the national party to be true to its values and its voters and go unequivocally on the record for the freedom to marry.”

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Does Australia’s Labor Left Have Votes to Change Party’s Marriage Equality Plank?

Monday, November 28th, 2011

ALP's Marriage Equality PolicyTHE ALP’s Left faction is claiming the numbers to remove from the party’s policy platform a reference to the Marriage Act which defines the union as that between a man and a woman.

And it has not given up defeating Julia Gillard’s call for a conscience vote on gay marriage, with sources saying the numbers are ”line ball” in achieving a policy change from one of opposition to outright support.

With gay marriage to be debated at this week’s ALP national conference, the Left is courting votes from the Right, which is split. The Left needs 20 extra votes from the Right to achieve a majority of 201 delegates and secure a platform change.

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