Dem platform drafted
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8/14/2008
The 2008 Democratic Party's national platform "goes much further than we ever have before" on LGBT issues, according to U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, although the document never expressly uses the words "gay," "lesbian" or "transgender."