Reply #51: I am disgusted by some of the posts to this thread that are clearly antithetical to the Dem Party.

[jody]

After reading those posts, I can no longer assume that all who post on Democratic Underground support our party. I don’t know what their goal is but IMO it’s clearly not party unity.

We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for these families. In our country, marriage has been defined at the state level for 200 years, and we believe it should continue to be defined there. We repudiate President Bush's divisive effort to politicize the Constitution by pursuing a "Federal Marriage Amendment." Our goal is to bring Americans together, not drive them apart.

See page 38 of the 2004 Democratic Party Platform