The Democratic Party's platform is strongly pro-homosexual and against traditional marriage -- aspects that one attorney says are against what the voters view as right.
Matt Barber, vice president of Liberty Counsel Action, tells OneNewsNow the platform is radical and signs off on "every extremist demand of homosexual pressure groups and the militant homosexual lobby." That includes plans to abolish the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) -- an effort many Democrats supported in 1996 but oppose it in the platform now.
"It just goes to show you that with liberals it's not a matter of fixed principle upon which they build their platform; their platform is one that kind of blows in the wind," Barber determines. "It's a finger-to-the-wind political analysis to determine where they think they need to be in order to garner the most votes -- not where they think they need to be in order to do the right thing."
The attorney also deems the document an insult to the 32 states that have passed constitutional amendments and another 13 that have statutes establishing marriage as between one man and one woman as a matter of law.
"They're calling them bigots and homophobes," he notes. "I think that is an affront to voters in these states and that voters need to keep this in mind when they go into the voting booth."
The Democratic platform states that they "support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference," but they oppose "federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection under the law" to same-sex couples.
The Republican Party platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize homosexual "marriage" and backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Furthermore, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) says the November election will either mean a step forward or a step back for the pro-life movement. That is why the organization is urging voters to remember the candidates' stance on the issue. (Listen to audio report)
Carol Tobias, president of the NRLC, tells OneNewsNow that while the economy will take center stage in the campaign, life needs to be protected.
"The Democratic platform is calling for abortion for any reason. They do not place limits on abortion whatsoever," she details. "So under their position, abortion would be legal for all nine months of the pregnancy, and they want our taxpayer dollars to pay for the abortion."
The party is also dedicated to continuing the current administration's efforts of spreading the abortion agenda worldwide. So, Tobias dubs the platform as "extreme and radical as you can get."
"President Obama is giving our money to organizations like International Planned Parenthood that go into other countries and lobby to overturn pro-life laws," she explains. "They promote and perform abortions. Our money is going to the United Nations Population Fund, which is participating in China's forced abortion program for population control." The pro-lifer also notes that ObamaCare will subsidize abortions -- likely leading to the rationing of healthcare for the disabled and elderly. She believes this election needs to bring about change "in order to protect innocent human beings again."