The GOP Platform Committee Declares War on Porn, And Other Insanities

There's a handful of lines and sentiments included in the Democratic convention platform that I don't necessarily agree with, but none of them even remotely compares to the pile of hot garbage the Republican platform committee is cooking.

Among other things, the Republican platform committee has voted to condemn pornography, transgender rights, and gay marriage.

Republican delegates unanimously adopted an amendment to their draft platform Monday morning that called pornography “a public health crisis” and a “public menace” that is destroying lives. [...]

The draft platform blasted the “dangerous” Obama administration directive to schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity. It also called on the Supreme Court to overturn its decision last year finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The platform also declared that marriage is between a man and a woman.

No one tell them their presidential nominee has a copy of Playboy on the wall of his office at Trump Tower.

The GOP platform as it stands right now also declares that children should only be adopted by straight couples. The platform committee has also just voted against prohibiting food stamp recipients from buying junk food. For reasons.

Apparently Carl's Jr & Hardees CEO Andy Puzder, who is a member of the platform committee, also spoke out against the proposed junk food ban just before it was voted down. I can't imagine why.

Personally I am against telling people what they can or cannot eat, but I can surely marvel at the incoherent position the GOP finds itself in. Their desire to micromanage what poor people eat is contradicted by their devotion to big business and their aversion to anything that could in some small way be compared to a policy supported by Michelle Obama. They might get cooties.