According to Think Progress, in a draft of its platform, the Republican party is taking a stand on the point of the persecution of gays on the African continent. But it’s for the countries persecuting gays

It has been a long road, but the Republican Party’s embrace of the idea of privatizing Medicare via a voucher system is now complete. The GOP will add Paul Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program to their official party platform, based on a draft version likely to be ratified.