Yet Another Reason To Hate Florida

It seems like "The Sunshine State" is firmly planted in the Dark Ages.

Sponsors: "Florida gay marriage amendment has reach[ed] signature goal"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --

Sponsors of a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Florida said Thursday that they now have enough signatures to get on the November 2008 ballot.

The proposal that defines marriage as "the legal union of only one man and one woman" was offered by a coalition called Florida4Marriage.org. It needed 611,009 signatures from registered voters to go on the ballot.

The amendment's language was drafted by Matthew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, which advocates for religious civil liberties, and his wife, Anita. Liberty Counsel announced in a news release that the proposal had met the signature requirement.

That's the last step to get on the ballot as the Florida Supreme Court already has ruled the proposal meets basic requirements of focusing only on one subject and offering voters a clear and accurate summary of what it would do.

The proposal will need a 60 percent majority at the polls to become part of the Florida Constitution.

It's humid, there are hurricanes, half the state is hicks, gays can't adopt children, of course West Palm Beach gave us GWeeB, the Denny's in Boca closes at like 11:30 and now this. Florida sucks.

I mean, can't it just break off and float into the Caribbean? Who would miss it?

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