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Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel , San Francisco Chronicle , St. Petersburg Times , Miami Herald With a new poll raising doubts about the prospects of an amendment essentially banning gay marriage in Florida, backers of the measure on Monday traveled to the Tampa/St. Petersburg area to urge pastors...

Source: Tampa Tribune , St. Petersburg Times , Palm Beach Post TAMPA -- The group backing a state constitutional amendment to limit marriage only to straight couples kicked off its publicity campaign Thursday with a group of Christian senior citizens. The Florida Coalition to Protect Marriage held several...

Source: Orlando Sentinel and Huffington Post TALLAHASSEE, Fla -- Florida residents will vote in November on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, state officials announced late Friday. The signature-petition drive launched three years ago by social-conservative groups managed to beat Friday's...

Source: Orlando Sentinel A national gay-rights group came to Orlando on Tuesday to launch a statewide effort against a proposed ban on same-sex marriage. The Human Rights Campaign held the first of a series of training sessions for gay-rights volunteers at a Thornton Park eatery, despite word from the...

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal For Beau McDaniels and many other gay and lesbian Floridians, the political battles about same-sex marriage are about people's rights. "It's not like we have a choice," said McDaniels, pastor of Hope Metropolitan Community Church in Daytona Beach....

Source: News-Press TALLAHASSEE -- Supporters of a Florida petition drive to ban gay marriage announced this morning that they have enough signatures to make the November ballot. “Today, the people of Florida have spoken and they will speak again in November of 2008,” said Orlando attorney John Stemberger...