New Hampshire GOP Keeps Marriage in Platform

New Hampshire GOP Keeps Marriage in Platform

The New Hampshire Republican Party continues to support marriage as only between one man and one woman in its platform, despite the efforts of a former chairman.

Jennifer Horn, former state party chairman, was excluded from participating in the state party convention over the weekend on a technicality. She had sought to amend the party's platform plank on marriage, which states that party members:  "Recognize marriage as the legal and sacred union between one man and one woman as ordained by God, encouraged by the state and traditional to humankind, and the core of the family."

Helping Children ‘Be Best’ Is Melania Trump’s Signature Initiative As First Lady
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Helping Children ‘Be Best’ Is Melania Trump’s Signature Initiative As First Lady

Diane Kilgore

WASHINGTON — Not long before before Mother's Day the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, invited a few dozen children with their families to join Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, members of the administration, and members of Congress to the White House to witness the launch of her Be Best initiative. Ribbon laced baskets of cookies and a military quartet greeted guests that mingled before settling into their Rose Garden seats.

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