Fla. Supreme Court OK's Anti-Gay Amendment Question

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/032306florida.htm

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday approved the wording on a proposed amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage even the group promoting amendment failed get enough signatures to place the question on the ballot in 2006.

Under state law Florida4marriage can keep adding signatures and the group says it expects to have enough for the measure to go on the 2008 ballot.

Last month the Florida Secretary of State said that Florida4marriage had collected only 455,730 signatures - well short of the 611,009 required and the question could not be placed before voters this year. (story)

The amendment would define marriage as "the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife," and would bar the state from recognizing any other arrangement. That would block civil unions and, according to opponents could nullify domestic partner benefits and contracts entered into by same-sex couples.

[Virginia Dare]

1. This is what the Repukes are pinning their hopes on...

for the coming election. This will be their big wedge issue that will get the fundies and wing-nuts out voting in droves, thus, the Repuke candidates riding the tide all the way to victory. You will see a massive push to get this on as many ballots as possible throughout the country.




:puke:

[sui generis]

2. I don't know if it could grandfather nullification

but it could certainly prevent new ones from forming.

Just wait until the first lawsuit by an LP investment partner who wants out of his business arrangement. . . .