http://goqnotes.com/1171/second-stonewall/ Carolina LGBT arts, entertainment, news, views Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://goqnotes.com/1171/second-stonewall/comment-page-1/#comment-2408 BeachcomberT Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:35:43 +0000 http://www.q-notes.com/?p=1171#comment-2408 Re your comment on the potential for other rights to be taken away -- we're seeing that scenario playing out here in Florida. Gay people who campaigned against our state's Amendment 2 warned that it threatened not only "marriage" but also the lesser, separate-but-almost-equal domestic partnerships. Amendment 2 supporters pooh-poohed the argument. But now the right-wing Florida Family Association has disclosed it will try to change Hillsborough County's charter in the 2010 election so that no public money is spent on same-sex job benefits for domestic partners. And its executive director says very openly that domestic partnerships are the next big battle for his group. Re your comment on the potential for other rights to be taken away — we’re seeing that scenario playing out here in Florida. Gay people who campaigned against our state’s Amendment 2 warned that it threatened not only “marriage” but also the lesser, separate-but-almost-equal domestic partnerships. Amendment 2 supporters pooh-poohed the argument. But now the right-wing Florida Family Association has disclosed it will try to change Hillsborough County’s charter in the 2010 election so that no public money is spent on same-sex job benefits for domestic partners. And its executive director says very openly that domestic partnerships are the next big battle for his group.

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