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The Blog for Saturday, August 20, 2005

Gay Civil Union/Marriage Ban

    This will get out your wingnut vote every time, you know ... that raging problem we have in Florida with gays insisting on marriage licenses:
    A coalition of conservative religious groups said Friday that it will soon have enough signatures to trigger a court review of an amendment to ban gay and lesbian civil unions and same-sex marriage in Florida.

    Florida4Marriage, working with the Christian Coalition and the Liberty Counsel, said it had nearly all of the 61,000 valid voter signatures needed to seek Florida Supreme Court approval of its proposed constitutional amendment.
    "Gay-marriage ban is on track, coalition says" See also "Gay marriage vote a step closer", "Groups push gay-union ban" and "Gay marriage foes near target".

    And the argument:
    Bill Stephens, director of the Christian Coalition, said gay marriage in Sweden and the Netherlands, as well as nonmarital domestic partnerships in some states, has been harmful to children.
    And look whose in bed with the Christian Coalition and the looney "Liberty Counsel" on this:
    A petition drive to ban gay marriage soon will be ready for Supreme Court review, leaders of the Christian Coalition and Florida Catholic Conference said Friday.
    And precisely what is the Florida Catholic Conference:
    The Florida Catholic Conference is an agency of the Catholic Bishops, established on February 1, 1969. It speaks for the Bishops in matters of public policy, serves as liaison to government and the legislature, and coordinates communications and activities between the Church and secular agencies. The Bishops of the seven dioceses in Florida constitute its Board of Directors.
    Why on earth are lay Catholics permitting the Church to soil itself with GOP front groups like the Christian Coalition and the nutty Liberty Counsel I will never understand.

    Florida Catholics should be outraged at the Church's overt participation in what is little more than a GOoPer GOTV scheme.

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