--- description: After days of debate and discussion, the Republican National Committee released its final party platform Monday afternoon. title: Read the Republican Platform on Hot-Button Issues image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4c743ecc7f4f141/69889c7fcf40a88070c440ae/landon-nordeman-republican-national-convention-rnc-scenes-0718-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Republican National Convention](/tag/republican-national-convention/) ## Republican National Convention Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the Republican Platform on Same-Sex Marriage, Guns and Wall Street by [Will Drabold](/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 18, 2016 11:07 PM CUT  Scenes from the floor of the 2016 Republican National Convention on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. Scenes from the floor of the 2016 Republican National Convention on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.Landon Nordeman for TIME by [Will Drabold](/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 18, 2016 11:07 PM CUT After days of debate and discussion, the Republican National Committee released its [final party platform](https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT%5F12%5FFINAL%5b1%5d-ben%5F1468872234.pdf?mid=76323&rid=13483726 "undefined") Monday afternoon. The platform is not binding on either presumptive nominee Donald Trump or other candidates, but it indicates the current mainstream of the party’s thinking on various issues. Here’s a look at what the platform says on some hot-button issues. **Same-Sex Marriage** --- > “” --- **Read More:** [_GOP Wrestles With Change on LGBT Positions Before Convention_](http://time.com/4402986/republican-platform-gay-rights-lgbt/ "undefined") **Guns** --- > “” --- **Wall Street regulation** --- > “” --- **Read More:** [_Republicans Embrace Populist Plank on Wall Street Reform_](http://time.com/4411305/republican-convention-platform-glass-steagall-wall-street/ "undefined") **Abortion** --- > “” --- **Pornography** --- > “” --- **Transgender access to bathrooms** --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/"},"headline":"Read the Republican Platform on Same-Sex Marriage, Guns and Wall Street","datePublished":"2016-07-18T23:07:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:20:39.210Z","description":"The Republican platform moves to the right, with a few exceptions.","url":"https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","Gay Marriage","abortion","2016 Election topic","LGBT","Transgender","wall street","Guns","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4c743ecc7f4f141/69889c7fcf40a88070c440ae/landon-nordeman-republican-national-convention-rnc-scenes-0718-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4c743ecc7f4f141/69889c7fcf40a88070c440ae/landon-nordeman-republican-national-convention-rnc-scenes-0718-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL RNC","caption":"Scenes from the floor of the 2016 Republican National Convention on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.","creditText":"Landon Nordeman for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/","name":"Read the Republican Platform on Same-Sex Marriage, Guns and Wall Street"}}]}] ```