READ the Draft of the Marriage Equality Plank for the DNC Platform

Chris Geidner reports that the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee has the language for adding Marriage Equality in the party's platform.

This is just a draft, but it will most likely look like this:

We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference. 

We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples. We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.

Another committee will need to approve the language this weekend before it goes to the convention.