A committee drafting the Republican Party's platform decided not to add support for civil unions for gay couples into its document, according to the leader of a Republican gay rights group.
Log Cabin Republicans President R. Clarke Cooper tells Yahoo News that the committee, which is meeting Tuesday in Tampa to draft the party's platform, has already voted to add new language to the platform that affirms the "dignity and respect" of gay Americans. But the document also calls for a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman, which would ban gay marriage even in states that currently allow it. For the first time, the Democratic Party is endorsing same-sex marriage in its platform, which has put some pressure on Republicans to soften its tone on gay rights.
The committee voted down the civil unions amendment proposed by a Rhode Island delegate after "a good back and forth debate," according to Cooper, and amendments may still be proposed and debated. Civil unions would provide more legal protections, such as hospital visitation rights, to same-sex couples.
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