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May 27, 2009
Gainesville, Florida's Response to the upholding of Proposition 8 in California.

May 27, 2009

Gainesville, Florida's Response to the upholding of Proposition 8 in California.

Victory In Gainesville March, 2009 City Voters Reject Fear Tactics and Discrimination (GAINESVILLE, FL) Gainesville members of Join The Impact joined with Equality Florida and other with local leaders in Gainesville and fair-minded people across the state and nation in celebrating today's decisive victory over discrimination and fear embodied in Gainesville Charter Amendment 1. Voters rejected the amendment by a vote of 58% to 42%. If passed, Charter Amendment 1 would have repealed existing civil rights protections for Gainesville's gay and transgender community. For over a year, backers of the amendment have waged a fear-based campaign filled with outright lies and media campaigns that dehumanized gay and transgender people. Specifically, these extremists drew a target on the backs of transgender people with bigoted messages intended to instill fear in the hearts of Gainesville citizens. Led by Equality Is Gainesville's Business: Gainesville's Join The Impact members and a coalition of local, state and national organizations worked together to stop discrimination from being legalized in Gainesville. The sweeping language of the ballot initiative, imported to Florida by a far right conservative group in Michigan, would have also prohibited the City of Gainesville from ever providing nondiscrimination protections beyond those listed in the Florida Civil Rights Act. "Supporters of Charter Amendment 1 waged a campaign that blatantly lied to voters about the protections Gainesville has provided transgender citizens." said Joe Saunders EQGB campaign manager. "By targeting transgender people, proponents of Charter Amendment 1 have proven the need for inclusive anti-discrimination laws. Voter's embraced Gainesville's anti-discrimination laws tonight when they rejected Amendment 1.""This is a local victory but it's significance reaches across our state and our nation. Those pushing Amendment 1 are part of a national effort to repeal LGBT protection in communities across the country," said Nadine Smith, executive director for Equality Florida. "This victory sends a strong signal that we will not allow extremists to turn back the progress we have made to secure equality for everyone." The local team waged a strong grassroots campaign reaching voters and unmasking the real human impact of the proposed amendment. "Today Gainesville voters showed that they value the rights of all citizens," said EQGB Chair and Gainesville City Commissioner Craig Lowe. "They have rejected the politics of fear and instead chose to retain the values that make our city such a beautiful place. Today, our voters showed their true character by emphasizing that, in Gainesville, every person matters." A broad array of organizations came out to publicly oppose Charter Amendment 1. These organizations include: the Join The Impact-Gainesville, the Anti-Defamation League - Florida, the ACLU of Florida, Equality Florida, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Organizations United Together (O.U.T.), UM (University of Miami) for Equality, Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Florida NOW, Gainesville Area NOW, Judy Levy NOW PAC, Alachua County Democratic Party, Alachua County Green Party, Alachua County/Gainesville League of Women Voters, Alachua County NAACP, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP), Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, Human Rights Council of North Central Florida, Interweave, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, North Central Florida Central Labor Council, Pride Center of North Central Florida, Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, Trinity Metropolitan Community Church, United Church of Gainesville Social Concerns Committee, University of Florida Students for Change, Students for a Democratic Society @ UF, Wild Iris Books and Wild Words Café, University of Florida Faculty Senate, University of Florida Presidential LGBT Concerns, and University of Florida Student Senate. Equality Florida is a Florida statewide human rights organization dedicated to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Through education and advocacy, the organization is committed to building a state of equal rights for all Floridians, inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Victory In Gainesville March, 2009
City Voters Reject Fear Tactics and Discrimination

(GAINESVILLE, FL) Gainesville members of Join The Impact joined with Equality Florida and other with local leaders in Gainesville and fair-minded people across the state and nation in celebrating today's decisive victory over discrimination and fear embodied in Gainesville Charter Amendment 1. Voters rejected the amendment by a vote of 58% to 42%. If passed, Charter Amendment 1 would have repealed existing civil rights protections for Gainesville's gay and transgender community. For over a year, backers of the amendment have waged a fear-based campaign filled with outright lies and media campaigns that dehumanized gay and transgender people. Specifically, these extremists drew a target on the backs of transgender people with bigoted messages intended to instill fear in the hearts of Gainesville citizens. Led by Equality Is Gainesville's Business: Gainesville's Join The Impact members and a coalition of local, state and national organizations worked together to stop discrimination from being legalized in Gainesville. The sweeping language of the ballot initiative, imported to Florida by a far right conservative group in Michigan, would have also prohibited the City of Gainesville from ever providing nondiscrimination protections beyond those listed in the Florida Civil Rights Act. "Supporters of Charter Amendment 1 waged a campaign that blatantly lied to voters about the protections Gainesville has provided transgender citizens." said Joe Saunders EQGB campaign manager. "By targeting transgender people, proponents of Charter Amendment 1 have proven the need for inclusive anti-discrimination laws. Voter's embraced Gainesville's anti-discrimination laws tonight when they rejected Amendment 1.""This is a local victory but it's significance reaches across our state and our nation. Those pushing Amendment 1 are part of a national effort to repeal LGBT protection in communities across the country," said Nadine Smith, executive director for Equality Florida. "This victory sends a strong signal that we will not allow extremists to turn back the progress we have made to secure equality for everyone." The local team waged a strong grassroots campaign reaching voters and unmasking the real human impact of the proposed amendment. "Today Gainesville voters showed that they value the rights of all citizens," said EQGB Chair and Gainesville City Commissioner Craig Lowe. "They have rejected the politics of fear and instead chose to retain the values that make our city such a beautiful place. Today, our voters showed their true character by emphasizing that, in Gainesville, every person matters." A broad array of organizations came out to publicly oppose Charter Amendment 1. These organizations include: the Join The Impact-Gainesville, the Anti-Defamation League - Florida, the ACLU of Florida, Equality Florida, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Organizations United Together (O.U.T.), UM (University of Miami) for Equality, Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Florida NOW, Gainesville Area NOW, Judy Levy NOW PAC, Alachua County Democratic Party, Alachua County Green Party, Alachua County/Gainesville League of Women Voters, Alachua County NAACP, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP), Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, Human Rights Council of North Central Florida, Interweave, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, North Central Florida Central Labor Council, Pride Center of North Central Florida, Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, Trinity Metropolitan Community Church, United Church of Gainesville Social Concerns Committee, University of Florida Students for Change, Students for a Democratic Society @ UF, Wild Iris Books and Wild Words Café, University of Florida Faculty Senate, University of Florida Presidential LGBT Concerns, and University of Florida Student Senate. Equality Florida is a Florida statewide human rights organization dedicated to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Through education and advocacy, the organization is committed to building a state of equal rights for all Floridians, inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

SAMPLE BALLOT
REGULAR ELECTION
CITY OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
MARCH 24, 2009

• TO VOTE COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE.

• Use only the marking device provided or a number 2 pencil.
• If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count.

YES - for adoption of the amendment
NO - against adoption of the amendment

CITY OF GAINESVILLE CHARTER AMENDMENT 1

Amendment to City Charter Prohibiting the City
from Providing Certain Civil Rights.

SHALL THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO
PROHIBIT THE ADOPTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF
ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS, RULES OR
POLICIES THAT PROVIDE PROTECTED STATUS,
PREFERENCES OR DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS
BASED ON CLASSIFICATIONS, CHARACTERISTICS
OR ORIENTATIONS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE
FLORIDA CIVIL RIGHTS ACT? THE ACT
RECOGNIZES RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION,
GENDER, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, HANDICAP,
MARITAL AND FAMILIAL STATUS. ADDITIONALLY,
THIS AMENDMENT VOIDS EXISTING ORDINANCES
CONCERNING SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER
IDENTITY, AND OTHER ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT WITH THIS AMENDMENT.

YES - for adoption of the amendment
NO - against adoption of the amendment

CITY OF GAINESVILLE CHARTER AMENDMENT 2

Protection of City-owned Lands Acquired or Used
for Conservation, Recreation, or Cultural Purposes
SHALL THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE CHARTER BE
AMENDED TO REQUIRE THAT THE SALE OR
CONVERSION TO ANOTHER USE OF CITY-OWNED
LANDS ACQUIRED OR USED FOR
CONSERVATION, RECREATION, OR CULTURAL
PURPOSES BE EFFECTIVE ONLY IF APPROVED BY
A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS IN THE CITY IN A
CITY-WIDE REFERENDUM ELECTION?

GAINESVILLE CITY COMMISSION
AT LARGE SEAT 1
(Vote for One)

Tom Cunilio
Robert Krames
Jeanna Mastrodicasa
James Schlachta
Richard Selwach

WE HELPED TO SPREAD THE WORD TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE IN GAINESVILLE
PICTURES TAKEN ON MARCH 14th DURING THE EQUALITY IS GAINESVILLE'S BUSINESS RALLY

HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE

Our next Protest Rally will be
on Saturday March 14, 2009
Noon
3131 NW 13th Street
Gainesville

Bring your signs and posters and

come out to Protest
the upcoming Proposed City Charter Amendment 1.

No on one Equality is Gainesville's Business

Who will be affected by proposed Charter Amendment 1?

Proposed Charter Amendment 1 would take away anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The proposed amendment also would prohibit the City Commission from adding other groups such as veteran status, economic status, and political party affiliation to Gainesville’s existing anti-discrimination ordinance.
Proposed Charter 1 affects all citizens of Gainesville, because it takes away the City Commission’s power to create, enact, or enforce anti-discrimination protections beyond the limited protections of the Florida Civil Rights Act. A Yes vote on proposed Charter Amendment 1 will hand Gainesville’s anti-discrimination laws to Tallahassee legislators and Gainesville citizens will be stripped of the power to decide what is right for them.
Charter Amendment 1 hurts people!

It eliminates protections against discrimination and makes it legal to fire someone from their job or kick them out of their home because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Charter Amendment 1 takes away the City's power to protect its citizens from discrimination!
It prohibits the City Commission from prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, economic status, or political affiliation and gives Tallahassee politicians the sole power to dictate what is best for the citizens of Gainesville.
Charter Amendment 1 ruins Gainesville's reputation and hurts its economy!

It would destroy Gainesville’s reputation as a community that is open and welcoming to anyone who comes here to work, learn, or visit. This will hinder our ability to attract new businesses, students, and visitors and hurt our economy.

ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO

Alicia at
sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com

(you will need to put the words Join The Impact ~or~ Amendment 1 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)

On March 14 we will be joining with the Equality is Gainesville's Business and The Pride Center of North Florida in a local protest rally and then we are invited to join in with a community canvass or helping man the phone banks at the Pride Center of North Central Florida (3131 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, Florida).

Rally to start at noon, Saturday.

Equality is Gainesville’s Business (EQGB) is a political committee that was created to defeat Gainesville’s proposed Charter Amendment 1. EQGB is comprised of a diverse coalition of Gainesville and University of Florida organizations and individuals.

Local Partners

Equality is Gainesville’s Business is proud to partner with local government, local organizations, local businesses and individuals who have made a commitment to keep discrimination out of Gainesville’s Charter and oppose Charter Amendment 1. These organizations, businesses, and individuals include:

Alachua County Democratic Party
Alachua County Green Party
City of Gainesville
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Gainesville Area NOW
Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP)
Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women
Human Rights Council of North Central Florida
Interweave, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville
Joe’s Place
Judy Levy NOW PAC
Lesbian Variety Show
MAMA Raga
North Central Florida Central Labor Council
Northwest Grille
Pride Center of North Central Florida
Rainbow Families
Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville
Union Design & Photo
United Church of Gainesville
University of Florida Faculty Senate
UF for Change
University of Florida Presidential LGBT Concerns
University of Florida Student Senate
Steak & Pasta Works
Students for a Democratic Society @ UF
Wild Iris Books and Wild Words Café

State and National Partners

Our State and National Partners, working with us to defend the rights of their Gainesville members, include:

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
Equality Florida
Florida Aliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Florida NOW
Human Rights Campaign
Lambda Legal
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Center for Transgender Equality
OUT Florida


	The movie, MILK, featuring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk will be showing at the Hippodrome Cinema, March 6, 2009 through March 12, 2009 at the following times. Friday, Thursday: 6 & 8:30pm Wednesday: 4:30 & 7pm Saturday: 3, 5:30 & 8pm Sunday: 2:15, 4:45 & 7:15pm 25 SE 2nd Place 352-375-HIPP www.thehipp.org

VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE
MARCH 24, 2009

Here is a picture of some of the people who came out to Protest the upcoming Proposed City Charter Amendment 1. This amendment if passed removes civil rights protections for GLBT people within City limits.

The City really needs to rethink going backwards a number of steps in this Civil Rights issue. Until now the City of Gainesville has been a leader in granting protection. Unfortunately it has been one of the cities in this country that has been chosen to be targeted by Right Wing Moralists to quietly chip away at rights being afforded to their targeted hate group: Gays, Lesbians, Bi and Transgendered people.

Gainesville Protesters on February 21, 2009

Gainesville's February 21 Rally Against Proposed City Charter Amendment 1 that will take Civil Rights Protection away from LGBT Persons within City limits.

Gainesville's February 21, 2009 UnDo 2 Vigil
ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO	TIME & LOCATION	EVENT DETAILS
Alicia at sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com *(you will need to put the words Join The Impact* OR UnDo2 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)**	February 21, 2009 Starting @ 5:00 pm We will meet at the SW corner of University Avenue & 13th Street	This event will be held at . 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Bring your candles and wear your UnDo2 tee-shirts. Bring your posters, pamphlets, and banners. Bring a Friend.
Our next Protest Rally will be held on Sat., February 21, 2009 starting at 5:00 pm on the corner of University Avenue and 13 Street. I urge you all to make your protest signs, wear your T-shirts, bring your flash lights and candles and come make our voice heard.

PHOTOS FROM

GAINESVILLE'S JANUARY 10th CANDLE
LIGHT VIGIL FOR UNDO2 PROTEST

Gainesville, Florida Jan 10 UnDo2 Protest

COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE GAINESVILLE LOCATION OF
THE NATIONWIDE DOMA PROTEST | JANUARY 10, 2009 AND WEAR THE WHITE KNOT.

White Knot

A symbol of equality...
because everyone should
be able to tie the knot.

The White Knot is the symbol for marriage equality. It takes two traditional symbols of marriage—white and tying the knot—and combines them in a simple way to show support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. All loving couples deserve the same legal rights, benefits, and respect that civil marriage bestows. Find out about getting and making
White Knots.

Latest Updates

Make your own White Knots and use them as your bows on holiday gifts this year.
Send us pics of you and your friends wearing the White Knot.
Get more updates

Visibility is the goal. Whether you are gay or straight, please show your support by wearing the knot and telling people why you are wearing it. It may seem like a small thing, but imagine the white knot gaining the pervasiveness and instant recognition of the AIDS Ribbon. Wear your white knot to work, to school, to your place of worship. Celebrities will be wearing white knots down red carpets this awards season. Together, we will keep the topic at the top of people's minds and keep the conversation going.

	The White Knot has been featured
	on The Rachel Maddow Show
	in The New York Times

Home The Knots Updates Marriage Map Blog Badges PDF Flyer Join Contact

November 26, 2008, 12:00 pm

Another Cause, Another Ribbon

By Brooks Barnes

The fight against AIDS has the red ribbon. Cancer has, among other things, the yellow Livestrong bracelet. So perhaps it was inevitable that the campaign to legalize gay marriage would get its own fashion accessory: a snippet of white ribbon tied into a knot. The entertainment industry and celebrities — gay friendly but also a group that rarely turns down a ride on good bandwagon — are already jumping on board. At the recent premiere of the movie “Twilight” about two dozen of the knotted ribbons could be seen dangling from designer bags and pinned to suit lapels. Celebrities like Ricki Lake, Lucy Lawless (a.k.a. “Xena: Warrior Princess”) and T.R. Knight (of “Grey’s Anatomy”) have been photographed wearing them. The knots were created two weeks ago by a Los Angeles gay marriage advocate as a response to Proposition 8, which repealed the right for gay men and lesbians to marry in California. Frank Voci, whose primary job is running a consultancy for interactive media companies, said he got the idea after protests died down. His ultimate goal: to use a Web site (whiteknot.org) to recruit people sympathetic to the cause in less liberal locales. “We needed a symbol, something to keep the conversation going,” he said.

What is it/How to explain it:Here is some language from WhiteKnot.org you can use...

TheWhite Knotis the symbol for marriage equality. It takes two traditional symbols of marriage—white and tying the knot—and combines them in a simple way to show support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. All loving couples deserve the same legal rights, benefits, and respect that civil marriage bestows.
Visibility is the goal.Whether you are gay or straight, please show your support by wearing the knot and telling people why you are wearing it. It may seem like a small thing, but imagine the white knot gaining the pervasiveness and instant recognition of the AIDS Ribbon.
Wear your white knot to work, to school, to your place of worship. Celebrities will be wearing white knots down red carpets this awards season. Together, we will keep the topic at the top of people's minds and keep the conversation going.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?
CONSIDER BOYCOTTING THESE FLORIDA BUSINESSES Here is a list of Florida businesses that have shown financial support by giving money or by being a business owned by someone who has given money to ensure that gay Americans will never have equal rights in America. Albertsons Supermarket A&W Rootbeer products Black &Decker Caldera Systems 1-800-Contacts Dell Computer Franklin Covey Fonix First Security Hollywood Entertainment Host Marriott Iomega Jet Blue Airlines Marriott Hotel chain Marriott International Myriad Genetics Nationwide Financial Novell Netrix Ryder Systems Waste mgmnt services ( picks up your garbage ) Yum Brands - includes ( KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver's ) Zions Bancorp

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?

CONSIDER BOYCOTTING THESE FLORIDA BUSINESSES

Here is a list of Florida businesses
that have shown financial support by giving money or by being a business owned by someone who has given money to ensure that gay Americans will never have equal rights in America.

Albertsons Supermarket
A&W Rootbeer products
Black &Decker
Caldera Systems
1-800-Contacts
Dell Computer
Franklin Covey
Fonix
First Security
Hollywood Entertainment
Host Marriott
Iomega
Jet Blue Airlines
Marriott Hotel chain
Marriott International
Myriad Genetics
Nationwide Financial
Novell
Netrix
Ryder Systems
Waste mgmnt services ( picks up your garbage )
Yum Brands - includes ( KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver's )
Zions Bancorp

COME AND PARTICIPATE IN GAINESVILLE'S LOCATION OF THE NATIONWIDE DOMA PROTEST \| JANUARY 10, 2009
ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO	TIME & LOCATION	EVENT DETAILS
Alicia at sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com *(you will need to put the words Join The Impact* OR UnDo2 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)**	January 10, 2009 We will meet across the street from the: Alachua County Administration Building 12 SE 1st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32601 The SE corner of SE 1st Street and SE 1st Avenue	This event will be held at the same place as the last two vigils. 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Bring your candles and wear your UnDo2 tee-shirts. Posters and banners are also needed. Get & print the Open Letter. Gather Signatures Learn more about the DOMA protest

Page where you can download the 2nd Class Citizen logo to make your own shirt or sign to pin to a shirt.

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT FOR EQUALITY | DECEMBER 20, 2008 | 5PM

WHAT IS IT?

On December 20th, we ask that you join us again for a nation-wide demonstration that will make an impact on the private sector. Candlelight vigils will be held at commercial centers in cities across the country in remembrance of the rights that once were for 18,000 marriages, and in honor of the rights that one day will be again - for EVERYONE.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Please take to your local commercial district at 5PM--be it a shopping mall, outdoor financial center, you name it.
This will be a peaceful demonstration in the spirit of the holidays.
We'll dress alike: make or buy a "Second Class Citizen" t-shirt.
This will be the culmination of our National Food Drive for Equality event (see below for details)

WHAT WILL WE BE DOING?

Hosting peaceful candlelight vigils
We will stay silent unless asked a question, we will not yell, instigate, or bare signs. Instead, we will let our shirts do the talking and our candles pay our respects.Bring candles (battery powered if you'll be huddling inside).
Singing and/or silence encouraged...chanting is not....keep it peaceful and in the holiday spirit.

FIND YOUR NEAREST LIGHT UP THE NIGHT LOCATION

LOCATION (mall, shopping area, etc.)

Organizer Contact Info

Event Details

We will meet across the street from the:

Alachua County Administration Building
12 SE 1st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32601

The SE corner of SE 1st Street and SE 1st Avenue

Alicia: sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com

Please email me and let me know you are planning to attend so that I will have an idea how many to expect.
(Put the words 'Light Up The Night' or 'Join the Impact' in the subject line so it won't be deleted as spam mail.)

We will start at 5pm until 7pm.
What to bring?
Bring candles or battery powered lights.
Make or buy a "Second Class Citizen" t-shirt. You can download the Second Class Citizen Logo from this site and make it an iron on transfer or print it out on 8 x 11 paper and pin it to a t-shirt.

Downloadable forms, flyers, and logos to make shirts here.

Download the 2nd Class Citizen logo here to make shirt or signs to pin to your shirt.

James, Kelvin, and Alicia holding their candles while at the Dec. 20, 2008 Candlelight Vigil.

GOT PHOTOS TO SHARE?

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GOT VIDEOS TO SHARE?

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GOT STORIES TO SHARE?

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OUR CITY'S FOOD DRIVE

The Organization that we are going to support with donations <insert name of organization(s) here>

Organizer contact info <add your info here if you are interested in coordinating the food drive>

>>learn more

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CathyJames	DEMONSTRATION & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S WEDDING	0	Dec 10 2008, 2:16 PM EST by CathyJames
	Thread started: Dec 10 2008, 2:16 PM EST Watch ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Impact-Florida will hold a peaceful and respectful demonstration and candlelight vigil outside of Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Carole Rome's wedding and reception. Governor Crist first stated he believed in a "Live and Let Live" attitude when speaking about Amendment 2. However, he then became an outspoken proponent of Amendment 2, which passed by a margin of only 1.9%. The vague and ambiguous wording of this amendment could go much further than promised. It could adversely effect domestic partners benefits of both heterosexual and gay Floridians. DATE: December 12, 2008 PHASE #1: Demonstration Outside Wedding Ceremony TIME: 6 P.M. (Although the Wedding is planned for 7 P.M. Participants are asked to arrive no latter than 6:00 P.M..) LOCATION: Williams Park, 330 2nd Ave N, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 (Between 3rd St. North and 4th St. N on 2nd Avenue North. (Park is directly across 2nd Ave. N from the First United Methodist Church.) Directions/Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Saint+Petersburg&state=FL&address=330+2nd+Ave+N&zipcode=33701 Following Wedding Ceremony, participants will walk silently to second location. PHASE #2: Candlelight Vigil Outside Reception TIME: Candlelight Vigil Will Last One Hour LOCATION: Arbor/Trellis North Straub Park 400 Bayshore Dr NE, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701. (Across from Vinoy Resort.) DIRECTIONS/MAP: From Williams Park to North Straub Park: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Saint+Petersburg&state=FL&address=400+Bayshore+Drive+Northeast&zipcode=33701 For more information on Impact-Florida, visit our website at www.impact-florida.com. Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: Florida wedding governor Post reply
AndromedaOcelot	Ok Nevermind....	0	Nov 13 2008, 11:25 PM EST by AndromedaOcelot
	Thread started: Nov 13 2008, 11:25 PM EST Watch I'm a dummy...Nevermind...I know what day it is! DUH!! Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: None Post reply
AndromedaOcelot	What day?	0	Nov 13 2008, 11:22 PM EST by AndromedaOcelot
	Thread started: Nov 13 2008, 11:22 PM EST Watch What day is the protest on? Was it today or is it this weekend? Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: None Post reply

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