The GOP’s 2024 platform: A shift on same-sex marriage or same old stance?
What does ‘sanctity of marriage’ mean? The new GOP platform hints at a shift on same-sex marriage, but has the party’s stance really changed?
The Republican Party platform, updated last month for the first time since 2016, appeared to shift away from the party’s long-held opposition to same-sex marriage.
The party’s previous platform included at least five references to marriage as a union exclusively between “one man and one woman.”
A section of the new platform, titled “Empower American Families,” says “Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the foundational role of families, and supports working parents. We will end policies that punish families.”
Many took this to mean the party was softening its stance on gay nuptials in a nod to growing public support for same-sex marriage, even among Republicans. However, some academics and critics say the language in the new platform is nearly synonymous with the previous “one man and one woman” references and doesn’t mark a shift at all.
The Republican National Committee did not return multiple requests for comment regarding whether the language in the new platform is inclusive of same-sex couples.
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