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California GOP may remove opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage from party platform at state convention
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77340152" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-08-18/california-gop-abortion-same-sex-marriage-platform-trump-desantis-scott" target="_blank">The California GOP proposal — adopted by a party committee in late July — supports “traditional family values” and a “strong and healthy family unit.” But it removes language that says “it is important to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.”</a></p><p></p><p>The draft also excises opposition to a federally protected right to abortion, while maintaining support for “adoption as an alternative to abortion.”</p><p></p><p>Longtime conservative leaders are appalled by the proposal — both over its content and its likelihood to foment division at a key moment before the state’s presidential primary.</p><p></p><p>The draft platform will be voted on at the state party’s fall convention [in Anaheim], which former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and other presidential candidates are expected to attend. If the party’s delegates cannot reach consensus, the platform debate may be shifted to their spring gathering.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a seismic shift but it’s a shift born out of practical necessity. Look at what’s happening not just in California but in much more conservative states, realizing antiabortion, anti-same-sex marriage stances are no longer tenable,” said Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School. “I think it shows their acknowledgment that the sand has shifted underneath their feet.”</p><p></p><p>[77% of Californians, including 59% of California Republicans, support federal protections for the right to choose abortion. 71% of all Americans support same-sex marriage.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77340152, member: 294566"] [URL='https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-08-18/california-gop-abortion-same-sex-marriage-platform-trump-desantis-scott']The California GOP proposal — adopted by a party committee in late July — supports “traditional family values” and a “strong and healthy family unit.” But it removes language that says “it is important to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.”[/URL] The draft also excises opposition to a federally protected right to abortion, while maintaining support for “adoption as an alternative to abortion.” Longtime conservative leaders are appalled by the proposal — both over its content and its likelihood to foment division at a key moment before the state’s presidential primary. The draft platform will be voted on at the state party’s fall convention [in Anaheim], which former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and other presidential candidates are expected to attend. If the party’s delegates cannot reach consensus, the platform debate may be shifted to their spring gathering. “It’s a seismic shift but it’s a shift born out of practical necessity. Look at what’s happening not just in California but in much more conservative states, realizing antiabortion, anti-same-sex marriage stances are no longer tenable,” said Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School. “I think it shows their acknowledgment that the sand has shifted underneath their feet.” [77% of Californians, including 59% of California Republicans, support federal protections for the right to choose abortion. 71% of all Americans support same-sex marriage.] [/QUOTE]
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