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Amendment Watch - Amendment 2: Florida Marriage Protection Act

Traditionally, marriage is accepted as being between a man and a woman, but with states like California and Massachusetts recently ruling to allow same-sex marriage, some Florida residents are taking steps to ensure that this state doesn’t follow.

The proposed law states:
“Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.”

There are currently 4 statutes in Florida State Law that outlaw same-sex marriage. Currently, if a person or court decided to go against the law the Supreme Court could rule that the constitutional rights have been infringed upon. But if the ban of same-sex marriage is added as an Amendment, it will be much harder for a judge to rule that it is unconstitutional. 

And if you think the proposed law wouldn’t affect you, don’t be so sure. Any unmarried Florida resident could be affected by changes to Health Care and Social Security.

For more information on the law, go to http://www.yes2marriage.org/, or for information opposing passage of the law, visit http://www.sayno2.com/.