Steve Grossman in The Huffington Post

On Civil Rights: Embrace marriage equality in the Democratic Party platform

Four former chairs of the Democratic National Committee called on the party to embrace marriage equality in the 2012 Democratic platform. "We are proud that the Democratic Party fights for working families, economic justice, and equal opportunity for all," said Howard Dean, Donald Fowler, Steve Grossman and David Wilhelm in a joint statement. "Times change but our principles must always remain strong. That is why, as former chairs of the Democratic National Committee, we stand with Freedom to Marry, 22 Democratic senators, Leader Nancy Pelosi, and more than 35,000 Americans in urging the Party to include a freedom to marry plank in the platform that is ratified at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this September."

If a plank is adopted, it would be the first time the party's platform has embraced marriage equality. The Democratic platform will be ratified at the national convention, which begins Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C.

Source: Huffington Post on 2014 Massachusetts Governor's race Apr 4, 2012

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