Posted on 03/23/2005 7:23:57 PM PST by davidosborne
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 will define marriage clearly and protect it from those that are willing to conduct a vast, untested, social experiment upon our children.
Children need to understand the proper relationship between a man and a woman, a mother and a father and a husband and a wife as they socialize into teenagers and then adults. We have seen the results of a generation of fatherless and motherless families and it consistently produces devastating consequences. While not always possible, as a matter of law the state should always favor a father and a mother over other family arrangements because this is what is in the best interest of children. Marriage and family can not be treated like food items on a smorgasbord where anyone can pick and choose any number or combination of things.
We wish to see marriage established as it was intended by nature, biology, tradition and just common sense--- between one man and one woman. Gay-identified persons should have all the same rights as everyone else in a free society. However no one has the right to wholesale redefine natural marriage and then force that definition upon the rest of society.
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FReegards,
David
Here is the text of the amendment for all to see:
FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT:
A new section for Article I is hereby created to add the following:
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.
It is a poor website in that it does not have the amendment language front and center. I had to copy it off the PDF file.
I urge every FL resident to sign this!
Could you please put this to your ping list?
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Homosexual Agenda Ping.
Something for FL voters - petition to amend state constitution to protect marriage.
That's not all FL ought to be working on.
Let DirtyHarryY2K and me know if you want on/off this pinglist.
If we passed it in Oregon, I'm sure you can pass it in Florida! Go for it!
ping....
If you live in FLORIDA and have not yet signed a petition PLEASE do so.. we are getting close to crunch time..
Q: Why is the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment (FMPA) necessary? Doesn't Florida's
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) already define and protect marriage in Florida?
A: Florida's DOMA laws do currently define and protect marriage but we do not want to wait until there is a fire before we install sprinklers. It is wisest to be pro-active and establish marriage as a matter of constitutional law before activist judges seek to strike DOMA down. Currently there are seven different law suits in state and federal court seeking to challenge DOMA as unconstitutional. It is wiser to define marriage constitutionally and protect it in advance of activist judges who wish to illegitimately strike it down.
Q: How many signatures will need to be collected in order for this amendment to go on the ballot?
A: Our goal will be to collect over one million petitions by February 1, 2006.
Q: How many votes does the amendment need in order for it to pass?
A: If the amendment receives greater than 51% then it will pass and become a permanent part of the Florida Constitution.
Q: Why not seek to pass a marriage amendment through the Florida Legislature?
A: We would prefer to see marriage established by the people and not by politicians. Seventeen other states have laws defining marriage between one man and one woman. This is an issue that the citizens of Florida are motivated about and wish to pass themselves.
Q: Is the definition of marriage an appropriate topic for a constitution?
A: Yes, absolutely. The constitution is a place to enshrine fundamental rights, basic liberties and the limitations of government. In some respects the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment does all of these things. Granted, the founders of our country would have readily held these truths regarding marriage to be "self evident". However today marriage is under attack by a small minority of people and judges who are usurping their role and authority by making new policy from the bench instead of interpreting the law.
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The Meaning and Purpose of the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment
The Text of Florida Marriage Protection Amendment:
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.
I. The Purpose of the Amendment.
A. The Amendment defines and preserves marriage as the union of one man and one woman as
husband and wife.
B. The Amendment prohibits any other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial
equivalent thereof from being valid or recognized as marriage.
II. The Amendment, Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions.
A. The Amendment does not prohibit the state or local government from passing laws which confer
rights to unmarried persons as long as the laws are not designed to treat unmarried relationships
as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof.
B. The Amendment does not affect benefits offered or contracted in the private sector.
C. The Amendment prohibits any other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial
equivalent thereof from being valid or recognized as marriage.
"Countdown to our Internal Deadline:"
39 Days
left to Collect
Petitions and Mail Them In...
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The idea of defining marriage is a good one. However, it doesn't belong in the state's organic, basic document expressing the foundational terms of our sovereign nature. It is more appropriate for a statute. A constitutional should be reserved for those things that define the basic tenets of sovereignty. Defining marriage in the stone of the state constitution seems more frivolous than substantive.
Does it belong in there more than the pregnant pigs do?
Foolish things in a stste's organic document do not become less foolish because some group of morons managed to get something included that is equally dumb. I know that tautalogical, but it's true.
Do you believe that a minority group in the State of Florida have the right to their own "definition of Marriage"?? or is the REAL definition of marriage fundamental enough to be placed in our constitution by WE THE PEOPLE... since THEY THE LEGISLATORS, or THEY THE JUDGES are not willing to defend Marriage as we know it?
PINGS FOR COMMENTS.... UPDATE My understanding is that Floridians are very close to achieving the required petitions to get this on the ballot
Do you believe that a minority group in the State of Florida have the right to their own "definition of Marriage"?? or is the REAL definition of marriage fundamental enough to be placed in our constitution by WE THE PEOPLE... since THEY THE LEGISLATORS, or THEY THE JUDGES are not willing to defend Marriage as we know it?
PINGS FOR COMMENTS.... UPDATE My understanding is that Floridians are very close to achieving the required petitions to get this on the ballot
What did We Accomplish?
Second, I wanted to update you on what we accomplished and where we stand to date. February
1, 2006, was the legal deadline to get the amendment language on the ballot for 2006 and we
collected 455,363 valid petitions. This was approximately 155,000 short of the 611,009 petitions
required by Florida law to get the amendment on the ballot. Even though we did not reach the
goal, we still did an incredible job! The other two citizen initiatives that reached the 611,009
goal raised 2.1 and 2.7 million dollars respectively. In contrast, we raised and spent only about
$300,000. Plus, Florida has the single largest petition requirement in the entire country. Not
even California or Texas has as many petitions to collect as we do here in Florida to amend our
state constitution. The sheer volume of personally communicating with and securing an original
signature from almost three quarters of a million registered voters is an enormous task. And since
the 2004 election cycle, the rules changed so that we were required to gather 125,000 more
signatures and do that in five months less time than before. So given the circumstances, we are
VERY encouraged with our progress. One state senator commented that he believed what we
did was the strongest and most effective grassroots campaign ever conducted in Floridas history.
That praise belongs to you for your help.
BTTT
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A dumb thing is a dumb thing irrespective of where it's located. The court's are not the culprit. In fact, the only parties at fault in such a silly issue are morons who challenge the historic norm and cultural more in an attempt to gain notice. If there is a place for a norm defined it's as a statute not in the constitution....I've said twice and this is my final word. If there is disagreement, so be it!
to all
here i St johns county , St Augustine to be exact the homoseuxals are already doing their dirty tricks to sway the vote
On US1 AND 16 they have put signs out on all the intersections and around the county saying vote no on two save our families and another sign behind it saying Jesus doesn’t discriminate
This needs to be got out so no on out there thinks when voting that they are voting to save our normal families and they vote no
the dirty tactics the homosexuals do is just beyond belief.
They really are full of lies and scum tactics
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