Nevada GOP removes social issues from platform

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Nevada Republican Party stripped opposition to abortion and gay marriage from its platform Saturday as state convention delegates instead focused on judging fellow Republicans on their worthiness to serve in office and adherence to GOP values.

The platform, with few changes, was adopted overwhelmingly as the Las Vegas convention stretched late into the evening. The vote mirrors that of the Clark County GOP, which voted earlier to remove platform language defining marriage as between a man and a woman and statements opposing abortion.

Many Republicans are re-evaluating their strong stances on conservative social issues as public opinion shifts in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. The topics have become a political liability for the GOP, especially among younger voters.

I just posted this on another thread about the gay issue Applies fully here as well...

Until we establish two clearly defined sides, who do we fight back against?

Right now the GOP is in a mad rush to find excuses to accept gay everything. That’s a fact.

A FACT.

They are doing it party wide. Now if anyone looks at the actual reality we are experiencing, we have a choice. We can either recognize that together the GOP and Democrats constitute our opposition based on their shared actions (thus establishing ‘their’ side and ‘our’ side) or we can continue empowering the thing we claim to be against.

I am so sick of people making excuses. No one can honestly say with integrity that the GOP is not a mirror image of the Dems on a wide scope of serious issues. Either by direct support or their standing aside and willfully allowing Dem BS to become ‘law’ and ‘policy’.

There are a handful elected by ‘our side’ remaining in that party. Eventually they have to make a choice to stay in it and continue empowering the people who are wrecking America and everything it stands for, or leave it and set to work rebuilding. Coincidentally it’s the same choice every one here must make. Some of us have already chosen to side with our country over our former party.

I don’t really get why any conservative would put the GOP over their country but judging by the flow of daily excuses there are a bunch... but then liberalism never did make much sense. Closeted or otherwise.

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