Openness to Same-Sex Marriage Rejected in Republican Platform
- Gay committee member says party must evolve on issue
- Vote reinforces traditional party view on key social issue
Melissa Adams (right) and Meagan Martin pose for photos after their wedding ceremony on July 11, 2015, in Lexington, South Carolina.
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Republicans rejected from their platform language that would’ve acknowledged “a diversity of opinion within our party” on same-sex marriage, in a victory for social conservatives.
Roughly 20 delegates on the 112-member platform committee, meeting in Cleveland on Monday night, raised their hands to vote for the amendment from Rachel Hoff, a delegate from the District of Columbia who’s openly gay.