Democrats approve platform endorsing marriage equality

The Democratic Party last night made history when it approved its 2012 platform including an endorsement of marriage equality, the first major political party ever to do so. The platform reads:

“We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law,” says the document. “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.”

“We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples,” continues the platform. “We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.”

If you will remember, the Republican Party’s new platform vehemently opposes marriage equality and virtually all other measures of equality for LGBT people. So, do you know who you’re voting for? 

Yesterday, there was a kid near Adventureland who was about 4 years old or so. He was a wearing a princess crown, had a princess wand, the autograph book was princesses, etc. and there was a grown man teasing him about “being gay”. A grown man.

Peter Pan likes to hang around the Adventureland bridge and he happened upon that scene. Not liking what he saw, especially from a grown up, he spoke up:

“Excuse me, sir, but I’m about to give you some advice I never tell anyone: grow up.”

(Source: althelamp)