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After embarrassing themselves and demonstrating the party to be absolutely tone-deaf by removing any reference to God in their platform, Democrats today engaged in an equally embarrassing floor vote to amend the platform to acknowledge that religion has a place in American culture. The reinstatement didn’t go off without a hitch, however. It took three separate votes before the party convention chair decreed that two-thirds of the delegates favored the change, even though President Obama reportedly urged the reinstatement, fearing the original, “religion-free” platform would damage his re-election bid.

Besides language on God, the Democrats also restored platform language that reaffirms Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, amidst jeers and boos from the floor.  The question remains: Why was this language dropped in the first place? The Democrats have recently been a more secular party than the Republicans, but there’s a distinct difference between being secular and being overtly anti-religious. It appears many Democrats have crossed over that Rubicon. More from the GOP War Room.