New York –(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2014. Today, as part of its “Reform the Platform” campaign to remove anti-gay language from the 2016 GOP national platform, Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is visiting Nevada to hold a series of meetings with state GOP officials and like-minded activists.
“With Republican Governor Brian Sandoval’s refusal to defend the state’s marriage ban and the state GOP platform now reflecting a broader approach to the marriage question, Nevada is the perfect place to show that changing the national GOP platform is both good politics and the right thing to do,” said Tyler Deaton, campaign manager of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry. “Conservatives support marriage because it strengthens families and is consistent with our principles of individual liberty and freedom. It’s time our official party platform be true to these values, appeal to more voters, and reflect a greater diversity of views on marriage.”
“Reform the Platform” is a $1 million initiative to remove anti-gay language from the GOP platform before the 2016 Republican National Convention. Young Conservatives are touring early presidential primary states – last month in New Hampshire and Iowa, and South Carolina soon – to discuss the campaign and encourage young Republicans who support reforming the platform to run for delegate and attend the Convention.
Deaton, along with four other conservatives, will be holding two days of meetings in Las Vegas on Monday, September 15 and Tuesday, September 16. Earlier this year, Nevada Republicans removed the section of their state platform that limited marriage to one man and one woman. GOP leaders have also expressed opposition to anti-gay, anti-marriage language in their platforms in Indiana, Oregon, New Mexico, and California. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Nevada’s marriage case last week.
57% of Nevadans support amending the section of Nevada’s constitution that denies the freedom to marry to same-sex couples. A majority of Republican voters under 45 and young evangelicals back marriage for gay couples.
Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is a project of the national organization Freedom to Marry.
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Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is a campaign to highlight and build support for the freedom to marry among young conservatives across America. They represent the rapidly growing numbers of young conservatives across the country that agree all Americans should be able to share in the freedom to marry.
Source: www.freedomtomarry.org
