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Florida
In 2008, a discriminatory constitutional amendment passed, and wrote discrimination into Florida's constitution. State advocacy groups continue to work to overturn such discrimination and move towards true fairness and equality for Florida's families.
WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET INVOLVED OR LEARN MORE:
Equality Florida
Equality Florida is a statewide education and advocacy organization
dedicated to eliminating discrimination based on sexual orientation,
race, gender and class.
Florida Red & Blue
Florida Red and Blue is the non-partisan, independent campaign dedicated to defeating the so-called "marriage protection" amendment. This intrusive amendment to the Florida Constitution will take away long established rights for ALL non-married Floridians.
Fairness for All Families
Fairness for All Families is the campaign of fair-minded Floridians
who say NO to the anti-marriage amendment proposed in Florida.
ACLU Florida
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is freedom's watchdog,
working daily in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend
individual rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights.
UNITY COALITION/COALICION UNIDA
Florida's leading Latino/Hispanic gay civil-rights nonprofit
initiative, offering leadership on issues that concern Latino/Hispanic
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and other minority groups.
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LEGISLATIVE STATUS IN FLORIDA:
Your Community—Florida
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
HRC presents resources, news, and the current marriage and
relationship recognition laws in each state.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Florida Census Snapshot
December 2007
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Florida.
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the
American Community Survey
Williams Institute
November 2007
Gary Gates at the Williams Institute released groundbreaking research
on the geographic trends among same-sex couples. The report finds the
biggest increases in Southern and Mountain states and states barring
legal acceptance of same-sex couples had larger percentage increases
in same-sex couples from 2000 to 2006.
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NEWS:
View news about the fight for the freedom to marry in Florida.
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MULTIMEDIA:
Civil Rights Icon Joins Fairness for All Families Campaign to Defeat Harmful Amendment
(St. Petersburg) Julian Bond, an icon in the civil rights movement for the nearly 50 years and longtime national Chairman of the NAACP, has stepped into a leadership role with the Fairness for All Families Campaign, the statewide coalition effort to defeat the deceptively named "Florida Marriage Protection" Amendment.
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Williams Institute
December 2007
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Florida.
Bond who describes himself as a full-time Florida property owner and part-time Florida resident urged voters to reject the mean-spirited measure by voting NO in November.
