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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Republicans have historically opposed [[same-sex marriage]], while being divided on [[civil union]]s and [[domestic partnership]]s. During the 2004 election, [[George W. Bush]] campaigned prominently on a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage; many believe it helped [[George W. Bush]] win re-election in 2004.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/samesex-marriage-issue-key-to-some-gop-races.html|title=Same-Sex Marriage Issue Key to Some G.O.P. Races|last=Dao|first=James|date=2004-11-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-25|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812004009/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/samesex-marriage-issue-key-to-some-gop-races.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last1=Lerer|first1=Lisa|last2=Russonello|first2=Giovanni|last3=Paz|first3=Isabella Grullón|date=2020-06-17|title=On L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, a Gulf Between Trump and Many Republican Voters|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/lgbtq-supreme-court-trump-republicans.html|access-date=2021-06-08|issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In both [[108th United States Congress|2004]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/elec04.prez.bush.marriage/|title=Bush calls for ban on same-sex marriages|date=February 25, 2004|publisher=CNN.com|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515103309/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/elec04.prez.bush.marriage/|archive-date=May 15, 2009|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[109th United States Congress|2006]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11442710/ns/politics/t/bush-urges-federal-marriage-amendment/|title=Bush urges federal marriage amendment|date=June 6, 2006|publisher=NBC News|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408104009/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11442710/ns/politics/t/bush-urges-federal-marriage-amendment/|archive-date=April 8, 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Bush, Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]], and House Majority Leader [[John Boehner]] promoted the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]], a proposed constitutional amendment which would legally restrict the definition of marriage to heterosexual couples.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/bush-backs-ban-in-constitution-on-gay-marriage.html|title=Bush Backs Ban in Constitution on Gay Marriage|last=Stout|first=David|date=2004-02-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-17|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202413/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/bush-backs-ban-in-constitution-on-gay-marriage.html|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700830.html|title=Gay Marriage Amendment Fails in Senate|journal=The Washington Post and Times-Herald|last=Murray|first=Shailagh|date=2006-06-08|access-date=2018-12-17|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308131316/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700830.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/constitutional-amendment-on-marriage-fails|title=Constitutional Amendment on Marriage Fails|date=2015-03-25|website=Fox News|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202230/https://www.foxnews.com/story/constitutional-amendment-on-marriage-fails|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In both attempts, the amendment failed to secure enough votes to invoke [[cloture]] and thus ultimately was never passed. As more states legalized same-sex marriage in the 2010s, Republicans increasingly supported allowing each state to decide its own marriage policy.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;A Shifting Landscape&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014.LGBT_REPORT.pdf|title=A Shifting Landscape|date=2003|website=Publicreligion.org|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417222101/http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014.LGBT_REPORT.pdf|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of 2014, most state GOP platforms expressed opposition to same-sex marriage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-platform_n_5242421|title=Majority Of State GOP Platforms Still Anti-Gay|last=Amanda Terkel|date=2014-05-05|website=HuffPost|access-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093553/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-platform_n_5242421|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2016 [[2016 Republican National Convention|GOP Platform]] defined marriage as &amp;quot;natural marriage, the union of one man and one woman,&amp;quot; and condemned the Supreme Court&amp;#039;s [[Obergefell v. Hodges|ruling]] legalizing same-sex marriages.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/|title=Read the Republican Platform on Hot-Button Issues|website=Time|access-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804081049/https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/|archive-date=August 4, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/the-2016-republican-party-platform|title=The 2016 Republican Party Platform|date=2016-07-18|website=GOP|access-date=2020-02-01}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2020 platform retained the 2016 language against same-sex marriage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Orr|first=Gabby|title=Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC&amp;#039;s decision to keep 2016 platform|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/11/republicans-rnc-decision-314172|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Politico}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=2020-06-11|title=Republicans Will Just Recycle Their 2016 Party Platform|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/republicans-will-just-recycle-their-2016-party-platform.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Intelligencer}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Reid J.|last2=Karni|first2=Annie|date=2020-06-11|title=G.O.P. Platform, Rolled Over From 2016, Condemns the &amp;#039;Current President&amp;#039;|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/republican-platform.html|access-date=2020-06-12|issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Republicans have historically opposed [[same-sex marriage]], while being divided on [[civil union]]s and [[domestic partnership]]s. During the 2004 election, [[George W. Bush]] campaigned prominently on a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage; many believe it helped [[George W. Bush]] win re-election in 2004.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/samesex-marriage-issue-key-to-some-gop-races.html|title=Same-Sex Marriage Issue Key to Some G.O.P. Races|last=Dao|first=James|date=2004-11-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-25|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812004009/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/samesex-marriage-issue-key-to-some-gop-races.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last1=Lerer|first1=Lisa|last2=Russonello|first2=Giovanni|last3=Paz|first3=Isabella Grullón|date=2020-06-17|title=On L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, a Gulf Between Trump and Many Republican Voters|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/lgbtq-supreme-court-trump-republicans.html|access-date=2021-06-08|issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In both [[108th United States Congress|2004]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/elec04.prez.bush.marriage/|title=Bush calls for ban on same-sex marriages|date=February 25, 2004|publisher=CNN.com|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515103309/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/elec04.prez.bush.marriage/|archive-date=May 15, 2009|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[109th United States Congress|2006]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11442710/ns/politics/t/bush-urges-federal-marriage-amendment/|title=Bush urges federal marriage amendment|date=June 6, 2006|publisher=NBC News|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408104009/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11442710/ns/politics/t/bush-urges-federal-marriage-amendment/|archive-date=April 8, 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Bush, Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]], and House Majority Leader [[John Boehner]] promoted the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]], a proposed constitutional amendment which would legally restrict the definition of marriage to heterosexual couples.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/bush-backs-ban-in-constitution-on-gay-marriage.html|title=Bush Backs Ban in Constitution on Gay Marriage|last=Stout|first=David|date=2004-02-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-17|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202413/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/bush-backs-ban-in-constitution-on-gay-marriage.html|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700830.html|title=Gay Marriage Amendment Fails in Senate|journal=The Washington Post and Times-Herald|last=Murray|first=Shailagh|date=2006-06-08|access-date=2018-12-17|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308131316/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700830.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/constitutional-amendment-on-marriage-fails|title=Constitutional Amendment on Marriage Fails|date=2015-03-25|website=Fox News|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202230/https://www.foxnews.com/story/constitutional-amendment-on-marriage-fails|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In both attempts, the amendment failed to secure enough votes to invoke [[cloture]] and thus ultimately was never passed. As more states legalized same-sex marriage in the 2010s, Republicans increasingly supported allowing each state to decide its own marriage policy.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;A Shifting Landscape&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014.LGBT_REPORT.pdf|title=A Shifting Landscape|date=2003|website=Publicreligion.org|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417222101/http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014.LGBT_REPORT.pdf|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of 2014, most state GOP platforms expressed opposition to same-sex marriage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-platform_n_5242421|title=Majority Of State GOP Platforms Still Anti-Gay|last=Amanda Terkel|date=2014-05-05|website=HuffPost|access-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093553/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-platform_n_5242421|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2016 [[2016 Republican National Convention|GOP Platform]] defined marriage as &amp;quot;natural marriage, the union of one man and one woman,&amp;quot; and condemned the Supreme Court&amp;#039;s [[Obergefell v. Hodges|ruling]] legalizing same-sex marriages.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/|title=Read the Republican Platform on Hot-Button Issues|website=Time|access-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804081049/https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/|archive-date=August 4, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/the-2016-republican-party-platform|title=The 2016 Republican Party Platform|date=2016-07-18|website=GOP|access-date=2020-02-01}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2020 platform retained the 2016 language against same-sex marriage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Orr|first=Gabby|title=Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC&amp;#039;s decision to keep 2016 platform|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/11/republicans-rnc-decision-314172|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Politico}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=2020-06-11|title=Republicans Will Just Recycle Their 2016 Party Platform|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/republicans-will-just-recycle-their-2016-party-platform.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Intelligencer}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Reid J.|last2=Karni|first2=Annie|date=2020-06-11|title=G.O.P. Platform, Rolled Over From 2016, Condemns the &amp;#039;Current President&amp;#039;|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/republican-platform.html|access-date=2020-06-12|issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, public opinion on this issue within the party has been changing.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2017/6/26/15873340/pew-republicans-same-sex-marriage|title=Slowly but surely, Republicans are coming around to same-sex marriage|last=Lopez|first=German|date=June 26, 2017|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511233930/https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2017/6/26/15873340/pew-republicans-same-sex-marriage|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=May 11, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; Following his election as president in 2016, Donald Trump stated that he had no objection to same-sex marriage or to the Supreme Court decision in &#039;&#039;Obergefell v. Hodges,&#039;&#039; but at the same time promised to appoint a Supreme Court justice to roll back the constitutional right.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;auto7&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=de Vogue|first=Ariane|title=Trump: Same-sex marriage is &#039;settled,&#039; but Roe v Wade can be changed|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511223804/https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/index.html|archive-date=May 11, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|website=CNN|date=November 14, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In office, Trump was the first sitting Republican president to recognize [[Gay pride|LGBT Pride Month]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-recognizes-lgbtq-pride-month-first-time-n1012611|title=Trump recognizes LGBTQ pride month in tweets|website=NBC News|access-date=2019-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803192111/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-recognizes-lgbtq-pride-month-first-time-n1012611|archive-date=August 3, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Conversely, the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from service in the United States military and rolled back other protections for transgender people which had been enacted during the previous Democratic presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/politics/trump-transgender-rights.html|title=Trump&#039;s Rollback of Transgender Rights Extends Through Entire Government|website=New York Times|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=2020-06-09|last1=Fadulu|first1=Lola|last2=Flanagan|first2=Annie}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, public opinion on this issue within the party has been changing.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2017/6/26/15873340/pew-republicans-same-sex-marriage|title=Slowly but surely, Republicans are coming around to same-sex marriage|last=Lopez|first=German|date=June 26, 2017|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511233930/https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2017/6/26/15873340/pew-republicans-same-sex-marriage|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=May 11, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Following his election as president in 2016, Donald Trump stated that he had no objection to same-sex marriage or to the Supreme Court decision in &#039;&#039;Obergefell v. Hodges,&#039;&#039; but at the same time promised to appoint a Supreme Court justice to roll back the constitutional right.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;auto7&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=de Vogue|first=Ariane|title=Trump: Same-sex marriage is &#039;settled,&#039; but Roe v Wade can be changed|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511223804/https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/index.html|archive-date=May 11, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|website=CNN|date=November 14, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In office, Trump was the first sitting Republican president to recognize [[Gay pride|LGBT Pride Month]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-recognizes-lgbtq-pride-month-first-time-n1012611|title=Trump recognizes LGBTQ pride month in tweets|website=NBC News|access-date=2019-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803192111/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-recognizes-lgbtq-pride-month-first-time-n1012611|archive-date=August 3, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Conversely, the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from service in the United States military and rolled back other protections for transgender people which had been enacted during the previous Democratic presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/politics/trump-transgender-rights.html|title=Trump&#039;s Rollback of Transgender Rights Extends Through Entire Government|website=New York Times|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=2020-06-09|last1=Fadulu|first1=Lola|last2=Flanagan|first2=Annie}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Republican Party platform previously opposed the [[Sexual orientation and the United States military|inclusion of gay people in the military]] and opposed adding sexual orientation to the list of protected classes since 1992.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/delicate-balance-gay-vote-gay-rights-aids-emerging-divisive-issues-campaign.html|title=A Delicate Balance: The Gay Vote; Gay Rights and AIDS Emerging As Divisive Issues in Campaign|last=Schmalz|first=Jeffrey|date=1992-08-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-24|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093556/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/delicate-balance-gay-vote-gay-rights-aids-emerging-divisive-issues-campaign.html|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-platform-through-the-years-shows-partys-shift-from-moderate-to-conservative/2012/08/28/09094512-ed70-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html|title=GOP platform through the years shows party&amp;#039;s shift from moderate to conservative|last=Fisher|first=Marc|date=August 28, 2012|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093557/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-platform-through-the-years-shows-partys-shift-from-moderate-to-conservative/2012/08/28/09094512-ed70-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/|title=What Republicans and Democrats have disagreed on, from 1856 to today|last1=Mellnik|first1=Ted|last2=Alcantara|first2=Chris|date=July 15, 2016|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114164556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/|archive-date=November 14, 2017|url-status=live|last3=Uhrmacher|first3=Kevin}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Republican Party opposed the inclusion of [[sexual preference]] in anti-discrimination statutes from 1992 to 2004.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1992 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25847|title=Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1992|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|date=August 17, 1992|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204134646/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25847|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2008 and 2012 Republican Party platform supported anti-discrimination statutes based on sex, race, age, religion, creed, disability, or national origin, but both platforms were silent on [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2012 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012GOPPlatform.pdf|title=Layout 1|website=Gop.com|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730001737/http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012GOPPlatform.pdf|archive-date=July 30, 2014|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2008 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78545|title=Republican Party Platforms: 2008 Republican Party Platform|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128014700/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78545|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2016 platform was opposed to sex discrimination statutes that included the phrase &amp;quot;sexual orientation.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/|title=Republican Party Platform|website=GOP|access-date=2019-12-29}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf|title=Republican Platform 2016|date=2016|website=GOP.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Republican Party platform previously opposed the [[Sexual orientation and the United States military|inclusion of gay people in the military]] and opposed adding sexual orientation to the list of protected classes since 1992.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/delicate-balance-gay-vote-gay-rights-aids-emerging-divisive-issues-campaign.html|title=A Delicate Balance: The Gay Vote; Gay Rights and AIDS Emerging As Divisive Issues in Campaign|last=Schmalz|first=Jeffrey|date=1992-08-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-24|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093556/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/delicate-balance-gay-vote-gay-rights-aids-emerging-divisive-issues-campaign.html|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-platform-through-the-years-shows-partys-shift-from-moderate-to-conservative/2012/08/28/09094512-ed70-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html|title=GOP platform through the years shows party&amp;#039;s shift from moderate to conservative|last=Fisher|first=Marc|date=August 28, 2012|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093557/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-platform-through-the-years-shows-partys-shift-from-moderate-to-conservative/2012/08/28/09094512-ed70-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/|title=What Republicans and Democrats have disagreed on, from 1856 to today|last1=Mellnik|first1=Ted|last2=Alcantara|first2=Chris|date=July 15, 2016|website=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114164556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/|archive-date=November 14, 2017|url-status=live|last3=Uhrmacher|first3=Kevin}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Republican Party opposed the inclusion of [[sexual preference]] in anti-discrimination statutes from 1992 to 2004.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1992 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25847|title=Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1992|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|date=August 17, 1992|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204134646/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25847|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2008 and 2012 Republican Party platform supported anti-discrimination statutes based on sex, race, age, religion, creed, disability, or national origin, but both platforms were silent on [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2012 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012GOPPlatform.pdf|title=Layout 1|website=Gop.com|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730001737/http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012GOPPlatform.pdf|archive-date=July 30, 2014|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2008 Republican Party platform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78545|title=Republican Party Platforms: 2008 Republican Party Platform|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128014700/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78545|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2016 platform was opposed to sex discrimination statutes that included the phrase &amp;quot;sexual orientation.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/|title=Republican Party Platform|website=GOP|access-date=2019-12-29}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf|title=Republican Platform 2016|date=2016|website=GOP.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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