Marriage language part of proposed Indiana GOP platform

Social conservatives led by Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp have won a behind-the-scenes fight to add language on marriage to the Indiana Republican Party’s platform.

Now it’s up to hundreds of GOP delegates whether to approve the platform at the early June convention.

Several area delegates were less than enthusiastic about speaking on the topic Wednesday. Some declined interviews. One said “forget it” and hung up when told the subject of the call. Some returned calls after crafting language to respond. Several joked about their quotes getting them in trouble.

The exact wording of the proposed platform language will be posted early next week, but reports are “we believe that strong families, based on marriage between a man and a woman, are the foundation of society.”