McClatchy: Democrats turn left on social issues, widening chasm with GOP

[babylonsister]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/09/04/165281/democrats-turn-left-on-social.html

Democrats turn left on social issues, widening chasm with GOP

By David Lightman and William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers


CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats staked out unmistakably liberal positions on some of the nation’s most volatile social issues Tuesday, notably abortion and gay marriage, planting the party as firmly on the political left as Republicans are on the political right.

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This year, such niceties are all but gone. You’re either with us or you’re against us, they seem to say.

“The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right,” the 2012 platform says.

The word “rare” is not used. There are no exceptions to allow any limits on the right to abortion, such as laws requiring parental notification or a ban on the late-term procedure called “partial birth” abortion.

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“We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference,” it says.


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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/09/04/165281/democrats-turn-left-on-social.html

[DJ13]

1. Maybe its the Republicans who keep moving further right thats widening the chasm

Notice the media always assumes the GOP's positions are static?

[Warren DeMontague]

2. O NO!!! WUT ABOUT TEH VALYOOZ VOTERZ!?!?!

Yeah, the Party is headed in the same direction as the American people. Next step is to end the hypocritical, stupid drug war and call for the legalization of marijuana.

About Fucking Time.

[longship]

3. Thank goodness for that.

Nothing contrasts the visions of the two parties more than social justice. They see it as a religious and ideological issue. Democrats see it as a human issue.

Vive la difference.

[babylonsister]

4. It's a beautiful thing in action! nt