Pssst….John Fluharty, This is Your Party’s Platform

jason330

7 years ago

It seems we need a little refresher on the GOP’s actually stated position non-hetero normative sexuality.

Even if you are “a nice guy” , if you are a gay Republican, this is what your party’s platform (pdf) says about you:

Overturn the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states.

Marriage is between “one man and one woman” (pg. 31), and Republicans “do not accept the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage and we urge its reversal, whether through judicial reconsideration or a constitutional amendment returning control over marriage to the states.”

Make it legal to discriminate against LGBT people.

“We oppose government discrimination against businesses or entities which decline to sell items or services to individuals for activities that go against their religious views about such activities” (pg. 32). That includes adoption agencies, and doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals (pg. 37) who “should not be forced to choose between following their faith and practicing their profession.”

Discourage gay couples from adopting children.

“Every child deserves a married mom and dad,” the platform says (pg. 31).

Force everyone to use the bathroom of their biological sex at birth.

Barack Obama and bureaucrats are trying to “impose a social and cultural revolution upon the American people by wrongly redefining sex discrimination to include sexual orientation or other categories” (pg. 35). Their “edict to the states concerning restrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities is at once illegal, dangerous, and ignores privacy issues.”

Make “conversion therapy” legal for minors.

“We support the right of parents to consent to medical treatment for their minor children,” (page 37) the platform says.