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On November 4, 2008, voters to vote in the presidential election year. Florida voters to vote on a series of amendments Proposed constitutional. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 2 is entitled, euphemistically, the marriage amendment for the protection of Florida. This proposed amendment Constitution defining marriage as the legal union between "one man and one woman as husband and wife." If approved, would ban marriage and gay civil unions and jeopardize public recognition to unmarried couples if one considers that "substantially equivalent" to marriage.
References to the "protection of marriage, or banning gay marriage" are misleading as four existing laws in Florida already define marriage as the union a man and a woman and / or prohibit the recognition of "same-sex marriages. The legality or recognition of "same-sex unions" Florida is not more or less illegal in Florida regardless of the outcome of the proposed amendment.
This broad and vague language, could also risk termination of several records established relationship domestic partnership available to millions of Floridians. These registries allow unmarried Floridians to share benefits or other protections, such as visits to hospitals, burial rights and benefits of health care. Today, Miami Beach, Gainesville, West Palm Beach, Key West and Miami / Dade and Broward and Palm Beach have records of couples.
In addition, most universities in Florida and more half of the profits of the Fortune 500 offers such a partner. These benefits would jeopardize, if not outright abolished, If this amendment is adopted. The non-exercise of impartial and independent research of Economics and Demography new appointment in research of this concern: "Domestic partnership records to be considered substantially equivalent to marriage, termination of registration could put at risk of losing specified rights and benefits, such as those related to health insurance. "The text of Amendment 2 is similar to Amendment constitutional Michigan adopted in 2004, the Michigan Supreme Court later ruled prohibits employers like universities and cities to extend these benefits to unmarried couples.
As Floridians, we should be concerned about the magnitude of the impact of Amendment 2 could have on us and our neighbors. It's just not worth risk that Amendment 2 could remove existing legal protections and benefits of one, in Florida. Accordingly, I request that readers of this blog oppose the adoption of Amendment 2 and ask your friends and neighbors to join us to speak and vote against this provision inappropriate.
Jorge L Colon Gainesville Florida
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