Sentence examples for adopted a platform from inspiring English sources

Religious conservatives at the State Republican Party convention in June adopted a platform plank that called for the defeat of judges who approve judicial bypasses.

In 1881 at Montmartre they adopted a platform calling for broad social reforms, and at the turn of the century the Radical-Socialist Party was formed.

Under Mr. Layton, the New Democrats shed the last of their overtly socialist positions and adopted a platform aimed more at attracting middle-class voters.

Last year, Texas Republicans adopted a platform backing reparative therapy "for those patients seeking healing and wholeness from their homosexual lifestyle" and stating no laws to prohibit it should be introduced.

Republicans officially adopted a platform on Monday that embraces Donald Trump's controversial proposals on immigration and includes a stated commitment to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.

Four years ago, the Republican Party adopted a platform seeking an unconditional ban on abortion, though its nominee, Senator John McCain, had urged the party in the past to allow certain exceptions.

The Republicans made the 1932 election campaign easy for him, by adopting a platform based on laissez-faire capitalism.

In what could be an awkward juxtaposition, Mr. Thiel is openly gay and the convention is set to adopt a platform that opposed gay and transgender rights.

He was unable to stop the Republican Party from adopting a platform at the September convention that directly rejected his support for legalization.

Yesterday, Politico reported on the efforts of the American Unity Fund, a group backed by leading conservative moneymen, to persuade the national Republican Party to adopt a platform position that would "accommodate" gay marriage.

[Page P1.] For all their pledges to play up the positive in their oratory, party officials said they would adopt a platform on Tuesday that will set out clear differences with Mr. Bush.