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Landon Nordeman for TIME by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 18, 2016 11:07 PM UTC 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) 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/) **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/) **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":"2026-08-19T07:48:38.882Z","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","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"}}]}] ```