WashingtonBlade.com – Lou Chibbaro Jr
Dem document calls for end to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ DOMA but omits the ‘g word’
A final draft of the Democratic Party’s 2008 platform strengthens the party’s support for gay civil rights and for the first time calls for an end to discrimination based on gender identity.
The document, which is to be presented to the Democratic National Convention in Denver later this month for final approval, also includes what gay Democratic activists described as strongly worded language opposing the Defense of Marriage Act and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which bars openly gay people from serving in the military.