Florida marriage amendment support nears victory level
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John Stemberger at a recent news conference

Tallahassee, Fla., Oct 30, 2008 / 04:21 am (CNA).- Poll results released last Friday show voter support for Florida’s Amendment 2, which would reaffirm the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, is nearing the sixty percent support required for passage.

“We are gradually gaining steam and have moved from 55 percent to 57 percent. But we are still not at the 60 percent needed for a victory protect marriage in Florida on November 4,” wrote John Stemberger, state chairman of Yes2Marriage.org, in a press release.

According to Stemberger, opponents had engaged in “below the belt campaigning” by stealing yard signs, filing frivolous complaints, and making “outright false and fraudulent claims” in television advertising. He claimed the Yes on 2 campaign has suffered from “stunning and unprecedented” media bias and is being outspent by opponents by a three to one margin.

Stemberger said the vote will be “razor close” and appealed for thousands volunteers to help pass the amendment. The campaign asks that people help in making phone calls, erecting yard signs, delivering bulletin inserts to churches, making literature drops at fall festivals, and waving yard signs at precincts on Election Day.

The campaign chairman of Yes2Marriage.org also appealed for monetary donations.

“Help us win this battle to protect marriage for generations to come,” Stemberger wrote. 

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Published by: PJ
Chicago, IL 01/29/2009 12:41 PM EST
You know, I've read the Bible and I don't recall anywhere where Jesus or any of the disciples insisted that only men and women could marry. I do recall in some Letters some disciple advocating the complete abolition of marriage. I can also recall Jesus referring to Heaven as a place where there was no marriage, just love. So why are you all working so hard to make Earth a miserable, loveless place where people are segregrated and scorned because of who they love (whether by choice or by nature)? If you treasure marriage because of a stable family and children, then why allow barren and sterile people to marry? If you treasure marriage as a religious sacrament, then why allow civil marriages and marriages between people of different faiths? Why not celebrate unions of love for what they are, why not permit people to love who pleases them and to form a loving, legal union with whomever that might be? It has no bearing whatsoever on your life or your religion if people who are different from you get married in a way that is different from your marriage. Really, what is the reasoning behind this selfish, ungodly, hateful ban on equal rights in marriage for all people?
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Published by: Kristen
Florida 11/05/2008 01:21 AM EST
Religious liberties are already protected. This amendment hurts people in partnerships -- which includes myself and my fiance as well as my grandmother and her boyfriend. It's unconstitutional. Period.
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Published by: Gracie
Miami Dade 10/30/2008 09:42 AM EST
I'm very excited about this, and hoping it passes. I've been watching what's happened in California, and we really need this amendment, to protect our religious liberties...
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