Marriage Equality Added to Democratic Party Platform

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From TPM:

On Sunday night, the drafting committee for the Democratic Party platform voted unanimously to include a plank supporting marriage equality, a Democratic source confirmed to TPM.

The move comes after months of pressure from Democratic lawmakers, party officials and outside groups. The movement got a boost in May when President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage.

The Platform Drafting Committee’s vote on the draft was first reported by the Washington Blade. “I was part of a unanimous decision to include it,” Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told the paper. “There was a unanimous decision in the drafting committee to include it in the platform, which I supported, but everybody was for it.”

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