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MadelineB:

2012 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS
Report of Platform Committee and Rules Committee
(as adopted by the State Convention in Fort Worth on June 8, 2012)
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - We oppose this act through which the federal government would coerce religious business owners and employees to violate their own beliefs and principles by affirming what they consider to be sinful and sexually immoral behavior.
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Voter Registration - ....We support repeal of all Motor Voter laws; re-registering voters every four years; requiring photo ID of all registrants
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Voter Rights Act – We urge that the Voter Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized.
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Enforcing the Platform - Every Republican is responsible for implementing this platform. Party candidates should indicate their positions on platform planks before their acceptance on the ticket and such information should be available on the Party website.
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Family and Defense of Marriage - We support the definition of marriage as a God-ordained, legal and moral commitment only between a natural man and a natural woman....We further call on Congress to pass and the state legislatures to ratify a marriage amendment declaring that marriage in the United States shall consist of and be recognized only as the union of a natural man and a natural woman.
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Homosexuality - We affirm that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society and contributes to the breakdown of the family unit...
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Equality of All Citizens – We deplore all discrimination. We also deplore forced sensitivity training and urge repeal of any mandate requiring it. We urge immediate repeal of the Hate Crimes Law. Until the Hate Crimes Law is totally repealed, we urge the Legislature to immediately remove the education curriculum mandate and the sexual orientation category in said Law.
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http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012-Platform-Final.pdf

Michelle G:
That thinking is one step short of concentration camps to hold everyone who doesn't believe or behave like they do! Texas is one big scary place! I would not last  single day there....sad

Sadie May:
I'm not sure what's considered appropriate here... I thought I wanted to reply, but the big red (pink?) box at the top of the page is making me second guess myself...

I read the platform the other day in (almost) it's entirety... and it was most certainly written by a box of Fruit-Loops (very dangerous Fruit-Loops...).

Until very recently I believed that the people who came up with {expletive} like the 2012 platform were a fringe... but it becomes increasingly apparent that a large portion of the population aligns itself with this sort of ideology (yeah... I'm not gonna double-check my correct usage of the word...)...

... and not just Texans, thanks. ;)

I sometimes would very much like to be ignorant.

Sadie out.

Cindi Jones:
You left out the section where they do not support "smart thinking in public schools."  That one was a howler for me. Yes, I read the complete document a few weeks ago. I normally don't like to push politics. I honestly believe that we need many opinions to make our country work. The problem is that in many cases, it's not just a difference of opinions, it's my "way or the highway." New voter ID legislation in several states could disenfranchise as many as five million voters. That will hand the election to the Republican candidate. That's fine if we want to legislate away any of the legal rights we've achieved in the past few decades. It's not what I want. I'm voting for my own self interests. I want to have a happy productive life without hindrance.  If you live in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, or Michigan, you must make sure you are registered and have the documentation they require at the voting booth. Vote!

Cindi

suzifrommd:
This is an age-old tactic, a group grabbing power to enrich itself by spreading fear of some other, smaller or less outspoken group. Done in the south during the Jim Crow era, done in Germany in the 1930s and a hundred other places and a hundred other times.


No longer socially acceptable to spread hate publicly about African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and many of the usual scapegoats. Open season, however, on gays and Trans people.

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