You can't put the genie back into the bottle.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.(Yahoo! News) —Facing unhappy pro-Israel groups amid a Republican-led outcry, Democrats gathered Wednesday at their presidential nominating convention made 11th-hour changes to the party platform to reinstate a reference to God and a declaration that "undivided" Jerusalem is Israel's capital.
There was widespread booing on
the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte as Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa led delegates in three voice votes that
sounded, at best, equally divided on whether to restore language from
the party's 2008 document.
Observers said the boos were directed at
Villaraigosa's decision to skip a formal ballot and declare the platform
amended.
"Jerusalem is and will remain the
capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter
for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city
accessible to people of all faiths," the amended document read.
The vote also returned this
language to the platform: "We need a government that stands up for the
hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone
willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their
God-given potential."
Republicans raised a hue and cry over the Democrats' decision to no longer include the words "God-given"
after David Brody of CBN News reported its absence (while also noting
that the platform included a section on the importance of faith).
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