Yahoo! News - Gay Democrats accept agenda compromise
BOSTON -- Leaders of the Democratic National Convention's gay caucus acknowledged at their first meeting Monday afternoon that they did not get everything they wanted in the party's platform this year. But they called the platform's language on gay families "respectful," and said they support it as a necessary compromise.

The platform says the party supports "full inclusion" and seeks "equal" benefits for gay families. The platform also opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment and says the marriage issue should be left to each state.

Some of the openly gay delegates attending Monday's standing-room-only caucus meeting expressed disappointment in the language.

"I know we didn't do enough," said openly gay former Clinton appointee Roberta Achtenberg, who served on the platform drafting committee. But the party, she said, needs language that every Democratic candidate can run on, regardless of where they live, and party officials "made a good faith response to our importuning."

Appeasing the terrorists. Define "full inclusion" and "equal benefits", please.