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Welcome to Florida4Marriage.org, the official sponsoring organization of the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment. "Florida4Marriage.org" is the political committee registered under Florida law which sponsors the constitutional amendment seeking to protect and preserve natural marriage between one man and one woman in Florida. In seventeen states across America, people of all races, creeds and religions have spoken clearly by amending their state constitutions with overwhelming majorities to defend marriage from attack by a minority of people and activist judges who seek to totally redefine this sacred institution. Florida citizens also wish to add an amendment to our state constitution which...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - State auditors issued a stinging report Thursday on Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's use of federal election funds, charging his office with "poor management" of millions of dollars and "poor oversight" of staff and consultants that may force the state to reimburse the federal government. Auditors said Shelley's office avoided competitive bids for services, paid consultants for work that had little to do with the funds' mission and failed to fulfill much of its responsibility to modernize voting systems. The audit represented the first results of investigations into Shelley's conduct in an office he's occupied since Jan....

About 100 teenagers — armed with ear-splitting screams and hand-lettered signs — rallied Saturday in Westwood in support of marriage for same-sex couples. "It's important for everyone to be able to live the way they want to," said Kate Heller, 16, a student at Winward School in West Los Angeles. Two teens from Winward's new Gay-Straight Alliance, Sarah Freed, 17, and Joe Goldman, 14, organized the Federal Building rally, which drew students, gay and straight, from high schools across Orange, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, along with parents, teachers and a fluffy white poodle. John Duran, mayor of West Hollywood,...

<p>The United States, a nation of immigrants, has a love-hate relationship with newcomers. Despite its reputation as an international melting pot, only 7.9 percent of the country's population was born overseas, compared with 22.7 percent of Australia's, 18.5 percent of Switzerland's, and 16.1 percent of Canada's.</p>