Villaraigosa: Major Party Supports Gay Marriage For The First Time

CHARLOTTE — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Democratic National Convention chairman, touted the convention as the “most diverse” and “most inclusive” one ever held, in his remarks here Thursday night.

He celebrated the party platform’s progress on gay rights:

This has been the most diverse, most inclusive convention ever held—a convention not just of symbolism, but of substance. For the first time, a major party platform recognizes marriage equality as a basic human right!