Fri, Aug 27, 2004 - Page 7 News List

Republican Party agrees to `accept' its dissenters

INCLUSION?A statement aimed at bringing socially liberal party members back into the fold was called a footnote to a `mean-spirited' platform

AP , NEW YORK

Overall, Republican convention delegates overwhelmingly disapprove of gay marriage, according to a media survey of about three-fourths of the 2,500-plus delegates. About 72 percent said they opposed same-sex nuptials, while just over 2 percent favored it. The rest did not respond or had no opinion.

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