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by JaimeThompson 1475 days ago
Source is here https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020

P18 in the PDF (p11 as per the included numbering) condemns and calls for the reversal of both US vs Windsor & Obergefell v Hodges as well as calls for marriage to be between one man and one women only.

P 19/12 calls for special rights to worship "God" which is the Christian god in this context, it doesn't call for the same rights for other religious beliefs. It all calls out for special rights to display the Ten Commandments but not other religious artifacts / documents.

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Polling doesn’t seem to suggest that the positions you’ve represented are held by moderates, so no, I wouldn’t label opposition to them as “radically far left”.

I’d suggest this recent piece as a very cogent breakdown of the lost ascendancy of the religious right in conservative politics:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/opinion/republicans-relig...