Message From Nadine Smith

Written by: Ron Mills on Jun 23, 2007 9:03 AM EDT

Hi Everyone,
I'm Nadine Smith, Executive Director of Equality Florida.We are part of the Fairness for All Families the statewide coalition formed to beat the so-called Marriage amendment in Nov 2008. We are looking for bloggers to join the fight. If you are interested, please send me an email or give me a call at 813-817-6093.
Some BackgroundAs you know, this traditional right-wing wedge issue is used to defeat progressives by driving conservatives to the polls.The good news is their efforts are begin to fail. AZ became the first state to defeat a similar amendment that bans marriage equality, civil unions and would eliminate existing domestic partnership protections that seniors, police officers, firefighters, universities and thousands of other unmarried Floridians.
Polling shows the majority of Floridians believe the government SHOULD NOT make it harder to protect the people you love. This amendment takes away needed family protections and employee benefits.

We Can Win
More good news:, We Can Win in Florida. Not only is the country trending our way, the 2006 election cycle delivered the first defeat in AZ. Just as significantly, 5 other states including ultra conservative Virginia saw more than 40% of it voters reject the amendment. In South Dakota, 48% rejected the measure.
In Florida we only need 40% plus one to defeat this. More than 50% and we'd drive a stake through the heart of this as an anti-progressive wedge issue that uses gay people as bait.
What We Need:
Web-savvy advisors, blogtastic innovators, passionate progressives willing to shape our online outreach. Seniors are a fast growing online presence and young people own the web. These are key groups we need to reach, persuade and get to the polls in Nov 2008 and you can help.
Join the Fairness for All Families Team
If you are interested in being part of the team send me a quick email. You'll be in excellent company.
More than 110 coalition members and an impressive group of statewide leaders from are at the helm of the Fairness for All Families Campaign including:Visit the website www.fairnessforallf amilies.org for a complete list.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman SchultzFl NAACP President Adora obi NwezeFl ACLU Executive Director Howard SimonFormer AARP Leader, Bentley LipscombFlorida Alliance for Retired Americans, Barbara DevaneFlorida Consumer Action Network, Bill NewtonEquality Florida Nadine SmithThe Commerce Group, Pamela Birch ForteSEIU, Hirma Ruiz

Thanks for the work you do and I look forward to working with you.Nadine

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