Some prominent Democrats, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is chairman of the 2012 convention, have said support for gay marriage should be part of the party platform when Mr. Obama accepts the nomination in Charlotte.
peterfeld said:
The only purpose of a party platform is to give your opponents something to attack. No one else reads it. Same sex marriage doesn’t need to be in a party platform, it just needs to be law already.