New York –(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Yesterday, 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 South Carolina to hold a series of meetings with state GOP officials and like-minded activists.
“With South Carolinians happily sharing in the first weddings for same-sex couples in the state, it’s the perfect place to show why 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. “As we’ve seen in the majority of states across America that now issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, marriage strengthens all families and is consistent with conservative 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 – previously in New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada – to discuss the campaign and encourage young Republicans who support reforming the platform to run for delegate and attend the Convention.
Deaton, along with five other conservatives, will be holding two days of meetings in South Carolina on Tuesday, December 2, and Wednesday, December 3 with South Carolina Republican party leaders, RNC campaign veterans, college Republican groups, and more. GOP leaders have already expressed opposition to anti-gay, anti-marriage language in their platforms in Indiana, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, and California. A majority of Republican voters under 45 and young evangelicals also back marriage for gay couples.
Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is a project of the national organization Freedom to Marry.
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
