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Tell Montana's GOP: Get Criminalization of Homosexuality Out of Party Platform
  1. Signatures
    533 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. Chairman, Montana GOP (Will Deschamps)
  2. Created By
    Change.org
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The Montana Republican Party has an official platform that calls for people to be arrested on the basis of their sexual orientation.

"We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal," their platform says. This is despite the fact that both the Montana State Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court have ruled that laws making homosexuality illegal are unconstitutional.

No political party -- Republican, Democrat, Green, Constitution, or Tea, if that's how they want to be officially known -- should get away with calling for people to be arrested for their sexual orientation. Send Montana's state GOP Chairman a message that criminalization language should be removed from their party's official platform.

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Remove criminalization of homosexuality from Montana's GOP platform

Dear Mr. Deschamps

The Montana GOP currently has a party platform that calls for people to be arrested on the basis of their sexual orientation. As the policy reads: "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."

I urge the Montana GOP to reconsider this policy, which does not reflect the 'will of the people of Montana,' nor does it reflect the constitutional values set forth by the Montana Supreme Court, or the U.S. Supreme Court, both of which have ruled laws banning homosexuality unconstitutional.

Even Republicans within your own party have called for this statement to be removed from the Montana GOP platform. Speaking with the Associated Press, State Sen. John Brueggeman said "Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn't be in the Republican Party."

I couldn't agree more. No political party -- Republican, Democrat, Green, Constitution, or Tea, if that's how they want to be officially known -- should get away with calling for people to be arrested for their sexual orientation.

Thank you for your time.

[Your name]

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