GOP Adds Anti-Gay Marriage Plank to Platform
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Republican activists sharpened their party&#39;s opposition to gay marriage Wednesday only hours after Vice President Cheney defended such unions.
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The U.S. Capitol at their backs, supporters of gay marriage pleaded, demanded and sang out for equal rights Monday, hoping they will succeed in the long term but mindful of the hostile political environment they face today. Opponents of gay marriage, led by President Bush, are trying to amend the U.S. Constitution to outlaw gay and lesbian marriages.
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An Iowa county judge's ruling knocking down the state's same-sex marriage ban stirred up the presidential race Friday as Republicans jostled to stake out a position with the state's conservative voters in mind.
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The Republicans have a plank on just about everything. They've taken positions not only on disabled people and hunters, but specifically on disabled hunters. They found 80 different things to "applaud" in their platform, 17 to "hail" and a dozen to "commend."
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Republicans crafting the party's platform backed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday in a sharp contrast to plans to put the party's more moderate face on display at next week's convention.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party&#39;s conservative base.
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Proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage increased the turnout of socially conservative voters in many of the 11 states where the measures appeared
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The House joined the Senate Thursday in refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to bar gay marriage, described by supporters as a vital protection for traditional families but denounced by foes as a divisive pre-election ploy to inflame prejudice.
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NEW YORK -- Members of the Republican Party&#39;s platform committee yesterday strengthened the party&#39;s official opposition to same-sex marriages, a day after Vice President Dick Cheney broke with the Bush administration by saying the matter of gay marriage
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Republicans concluded work on Thursday on a party platform that backs proposed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage and abortion and vigorously defends President Bush's conduct of the war in Iraq.
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Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency.
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With only a few weeks until it adjourns for the election campaign, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress has agreed to take up the politically polarizing issues of same-sex marriage, "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and flag burning.
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The Republican party platform includes calls for widely available broadband access, electronic health records and more government R&D spending.
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Gov. Mitt Romney asked Massachusetts' highest court Friday to force a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the state's 2008 ballot if the Legislature fails to vote on it.
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Conservative groups in New Jersey are pushing a proposal that would grant the rights of marriage &#151; but not the title &#151; to gays, siblings and others involved in domestic partnerships.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that his opposition to same-sex marriage should not be interpreted as intolerance of gays, who served in his administration when he was Massachusetts governor.