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Therefore, we support doubling abstinence education funding," the platform says. Knowing what we know about the sexual behavior of young people and the benefits of comprehensive sexuality education, ignoring their needs in such a pervasive way is unconscionable," Smith republican. The call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage marks the first time the party has addressed this issue in its platform.

The last platform supported defining marriage as between a man and a woman. We support a human life amendment to the Gay support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life," the platform reads. The platform also "applaud[s] President Bush for signing legislation outlawing partial birth abortion and for vigorously defending it in the courts.

The platform committee did add a "unity plank" to the document which acknowledges that "we respect and accept that member of our Party can have deeply held and sometimes differing views. Schwarzenegger R-CA and Sen. Meanwhile, prominent Republicans downplayed the conservative politics outlined in their platform.

Haley Barbour R-MS who was subcommittee chair of the social issues section of the platform. Join our email list today. On Same-Sex Marriage The call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage marks the first time the party has addressed this issue in its platform. The "Unity Plank" The platform committee did add a "unity plank" to the document party acknowledges that "we respect and accept that member of our Party can have deeply held and sometimes differing views.

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On LGBT issues, both parties move left

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