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Monday, October 06
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Nice news from my hometown *: Orlando is expected to become the first Central Florida city to offer benefits to the partners of gay employees. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the employees will have to sign an affidavit declaring they are in a committed...
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Friday, October 03
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"Recent polls on the gay marriage ban — known as Amendment 2 — showed the measure lacking enough support to be added to the Florida Constitution, although passage of Amendment 2 was within the poll’s margin of error. Some 58 percent of respondents...
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Friday, October 03
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Hoping to win hearts, minds and votes for their conservative cause, some Floridian preachers gathered in Miami yesterday to protest for Amendment 2, which will reinforce the state's gay marriage ban: A handful of church leaders gathered Tuesday...
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Thursday, October 02
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"John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. McCain will go off TV in Michigan...
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Thursday, October 02
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As always, Ohio and Florida are where it's at. Subscribe. Read more...
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Thursday, October 02
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Orlando Magic owner Rich DeVos donated $100,000 to further ban gay marriage in Florida. And gay activists aren't happy about it, obviously. [Orlando Sentinel] Permalink |
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Wednesday, October 01
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Amway billionaire Rich Devos, the owner of NBA team Orlando Magic, has donated $100K to support Florida's Amendment 2, which would make gay marriage double-extra banned in Florida. Protesters have been appearing at outside Magic games at Orlando's...
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Monday, September 29
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"A 19-year-old who turned himself in to police [last] Thursday says he killed a man he believe was spreading rumors about homosexuality. Police said Hector Sanchez is accused in the shooting death of 24-year-old Levi Rollins, whose body was...
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Monday, September 29
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In a not surprising yet still extremely welcome development, The New York Times editorial board has come out against the discriminatory anti-gay amendments that are up for a vote this November in California, Florida, and Arizona: EXCERPT: Whether...
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Friday, September 26
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Sometimes it seems like our work in the field of gay activism is coming to a close. But then we wake up and remember that we still live in a world where some consider being perceived as a gay to... Read more...
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Thursday, September 25
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Taking no chances on Florida's political leaning this November, Sarah Silverman is urging Jews with Sunshine State-based grandparents to schlep down there and convince them to vote for Barack Obama. Because, as she says, blacks and elderly...
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Thursday, September 25
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I'm not a huge fan of Sarah Silverman, but this bit about convincing your Jewish grandparents in Florida to vote for Obama is pretty cute. Subscribe. Read more...
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Wednesday, September 24
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Two weeks ago, we told you how a Florida circuit court judge put a *** in the stubborn armor of the state's gay adoption ban when he ruled that an openly gay Key West foster parent had the right to... Read more...
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Tuesday, September 23
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My erstwhile hometown paper, the Orlando Sentinel , has come out against the Florida ballot amendment to ban gay marriage. The state's voters will face an array of six questions on the Nov. 4 ballot, the most notable of which is Amendment 2...
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Tuesday, September 23
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You may think all of the various attempts to amend state constitutions so that they ban marriage equality are cut from the same discriminatory cloth. And you, dear reader, would be absolutely right. The "cruelness hidden behind a compassionate...
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Monday, September 22
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John McCain's campaign faces quite a dilemma. Their running mate, Sarah Palin, has proven effective in electrifying crowds across the country. So much so, in fact, that she's been outshining McCain, the Republican presidential candidate...
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Friday, September 19
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Barack Obama's speech in Coral Gables, Florida today was interrupted by a group of black protesters calling themselves "Blacks Against Obama." The protesters waved signs claiming that he has been endorsed by the KKK. The signs said...
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Friday, September 19
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My mom sent me this photo this morning. I don't know which is more disturbing, the ginormous snake or that her neighbors have a souvenir birdhouse from Rock City, Tennessee. I guess snakes know all the places to find them delicious bird eggs...
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Thursday, September 18
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Via the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel : Ralph Nader is back. The perennial presidential candidate will be on the Florida ballot in November. Nader's name is anathema to many Democrats in Florida becuase they blame him for President Bush's...
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Thursday, September 11
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Earlier this week, the school board of Broward County, FL, voted unanimously to oppose the state's proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage: Broward School Board opposes gay marriage ban [Miami Herald] As reasons behind their decision...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Editor's Note: This piece picks up where yesterday's "Cuba's Gay Politics Mired In Past." The uninitiated may want to catch-up.
As the decades wore on and the Communist government found its internal popularity sagging, officials...
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Wednesday, September 10
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A Florida judge has ruled that the state ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional, but his ruling will not immediately upend the ban. A Monroe Circuit Court judge has ruled Florida's 31-year-old gay adoption ban ''unconstitutional''...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Florida-based blogger Mark Madrak's seeing red over an article on the St. Petersburg Times' front page yesterday. And for good reason - just look at that inflammatory headline. While reporters insists they were simply reporting on a group...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Before we get too excited about the following, we have to point out that this is just an order from one trial judge that is highly unlikely to lead to an immediate change in state policy. But that being said,... Read more...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Via Father Tony comes this amusing blog post about narchitecture, a new name for Miami's mammoth waterfront homes that appear to be owned by drug dealers. Narchitecture is the pit bull of architecture. It grabs you by the (eye) balls and doesn...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Meanwhile, in other Florida news: "A Monroe Circuit Court judge has ruled Florida's 31-year-old gay adoption ban "unconstitutional" in an order that allows an openly gay Key West foster parent to adopt a teenage boy he has raised...
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Wednesday, September 10
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Charlie Crist's not looking to shore up anti-gay sentiment this election season. Florida's governor said yesterday that while he'll vote for Proposition 2, which would amend the state's constitution and ban gay marriage, he won't...
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Tuesday, September 09
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Opponents to Florida's Amendment 2, which would ban gay marriage, have raised over $2 million and plan on a "television blitz," as well as a grass roots move against socially conservative churches. [Sun-Sentinel] Permalink |...
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Monday, September 08
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The bad news: A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that a majority of Florida voters, 55%, support the state's proposed marriage ban. The good news: 55% is not enough to enact the historical pockmark, since the marriage amendment would need...
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Wednesday, September 03
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As voters prepare to vote on a gay marriage ban in Florida this November, Sarasota officials took a great leap toward equality yesterday by voting unanimously to draft legislation expanding health benefits for domestic partners of city employees...
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