Democrat Party - the party of homosexual marriage

State Representative Johnny Key, Minority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representative, asked today "Why do Democrats in Arkansas still try to insist that the Democrat Party isn't the party of homosexual marriage?" He cited the following article from the Washington Blade ("news source for Washington's visible Gay community"). The article provides "plenty of proof" that they party advancing the agenda for homosexual marriage: Marriage fight heads to legislatures in N.Y., Calif. DNC promises to fight ballot measures, as Dean assails court ruling . Some excerpts:
"The Democratic National Committee, meanwhile, assisted a gay group in Illinois with its efforts to block an anti-gay marriage amendment from going before voters in November and has adopted a five-point plan for fighting similar ballot measures in other states, according DNC spokesperson Danien LaVera. "As we move forward in this election year, we will help in a variety of ways," LaVera said. ...
DNC's 5 Point plan to fight ballot measures LaVera said the DNC's five point plan for fighting state ballot measures calling for banning same-sex marriage includes a number of actions the DNC has already put in place. The first calls for labeling the anti-gay ballot measures "divisive" ploys by the Republicans and others to deflect voter attention from other important issues, including "the Bush's administration?s failed policies." Another consists of the state "party-building" operation that Dean started, LaVera said, which includes specific training for state party operatives in all 50 states on how to campaign against anti-gay ballot measures. ...
Dem platforms in eight states back gay marriage Democratic parties in eight states adopted platforms endorsing gay marriage bills in their respective legislatures. They include New York, California, Washington, Iowa, Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts and Hawaii. ... Read More [ARRA Editor: It should be no surprise then why Arkansas Democrats in Aug, 2006 followed the leadership of gay democrat activists and voted to remove from the Arkansas Democrat State Platform the plank that defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. read posting]