Perkins’ Platform?: Religious Right Leaders Stymie Efforts To Pull GOP To The Center

Political pundits who are convinced that the Religious Right is shrinking might want to take a look at the latest draft of the Republican Party platform. It’s evidence that this movement has lost little of its political might.

A platform subcommittee in Cleveland rejected amendments to soften the party’s language on abortion and LGBT rights; it also added language backing Donald Trump’s proposal to restrict immigration from Muslim-majority countries.

Moderate delegates tried – and failed – to stop the platform committee’s rightward turn.

“We have a bathroom or restroom obsession in this platform,” Anne Dickerson reportedly said. “Stop repelling gays, for God’s sake.”...
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