DNC Platform: Where the Gays Stand
August 11, 2008 by Bryan
The party platform that will be presented to delegates at the Democratic National Convention carefully never mentions the words gay, lesbian or transgendered, yet it’s the most positive LGBT platform in memory.
It calls for passage of expanded hate crime legislation and a comprehensive employment discrimination bill, while not specifically saying both pieces of legislation would directly affect LGBT people. It does, however, use the term gender identity.
The platform also calls for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the ban on LGBT people serving openly in the military, and for the first time it calls for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act used to bar gay and lesbian couples from receiving federal benefits.
The platform additionally calls for the full inclusion of same-sex couples and their families and for a national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS.
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i really don’t see what’s wrong with humans l[iking th same sex. im not saying this because im gay or anything like that i just saying because it’s not right for other to say who can be who, or who can love who. that’s just like them telling you who you need to be and i wouldn’t want anybody to tell me who to love or anything. i feel that people should speak out more about this that feels the way i feel. and im only 15 and can spaek out and i know there’s other people my age that feels the same.