From the party platform: "We support the legal recognition of marriage as a union of one man to one woman for life."

Sorry, but as a gay person, no can do. Couple that with your party platform's insistence on breaking down the wall of separation between church and state and that cinches the deal for me.  I like the wall right where it is. Your party sounds like Republican lite - all the religious intrusion into public life with maybe less emphasis on tax cuts for the rich. I do like the advocacy for a single-payer health care system, however, and a few other things. All the same, I'll remain a Democrat, thank you very much.