Strategy to pass marriage amendment

The historic effort to pass the 2008 marriage amendment has crossed into a new phase. With goal number one met (getting the amendment on the ballot), phase 2 of the plan involves allowing Florida residents to decide on the matter for themselves. The Florida Family Policy Council is asking churches throughout the state of Florida to do the following three things in preparation for the 2008 voting season. From a letter posted on their website: 

“First, we need you to appoint a key contact in your church who will communicate with us and organize the effort.  Second, we are asking each church to plan now to host several Citizenship Sundays in September of 2008– to register new voters or get voters information updated with current voters. Third, we are asking pastors to schedule a Marriage Sunday one of the three weekends prior to the November 2008 election to bring attention to the importance of protecting marriage and the need to vote YES on this historic amendment.” 

This letter and relevant forms can be downloaded from their website: www.flfamily.org 

The marriage amendment is on the ballot!

John Stemberger’s efforts to allow voters to decide on an amendment to the Florida State constitution have succeeded, in the face of opposition efforts to prohibit the vote from taking place. All the necessary signatures have been collected. During the 2008 election, voters throughout Florida will be able to decide whether or not to amend the constitution to define a marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

Petition drive is not yet complete

Apparently an announcement made by the Christian Family Coalition was premature. The CFC boasted of submitting the remaining 3,300 ballots needed to get the pro-marriage amendment on Florida’s ballot in 2008. John Stemberger, leader of Florida4Marriage which is officially handling the ballots, said that this was inaccurate.

In any case, the marriage petition is certainly close to its goal.

“In our system of government, the people of Florida, not unaccountable judges, should define marriage in our state,” said Anthony Verdugo, CFC chairman.

All ballots will need to be approved, and will undoubtedly be challenged in court by the opposition. But it is looking increasingly like Floridians will be able to choose for themselves whether or not marriage should be defined as only between one man and one woman in 2008. 

SRC: Read the Miami Herald Blog article

Morgan & Morgan law firm funds gay marriage efforts

On his website Attorney and Consumer Advocate John Morgan says, “My whole life I’ve been representing the people, not the powerful.” His law firm Morgan & Morgan has long defended people from medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, wrongful death, workers comp, social security and more. 

Now we can add “alleged homophobes” to the list of villains, joining big corporations, insurance companies or hospitals, the common predators who prey on the helpless to take their lunch money were it not for Morgan saving the day. That’s right, Morgan & Morgan is “for the people,” especially homosexual people.

The law firm has reportedly donated $250,000 to Florida Red & Blue to help fund the state-wide opposition to marriage. The money will be used to air homosexual propaganda in hopes of swaying public opinion against the marriage amendment.

John Stemberger, another Orlando lawyer, has been spearheading the pro-marriage amendment efforts. When asked to comment on Morgan’s actions:

“He says he is ‘For the People’, but ‘The People’ do not support homosexual marriages.”

Morgan seems to be “For some of the people”. There are at least half-a-million people in Florida who he is decidedly against, given his full-fledged commitment to kill an initiative started by “The People.” If Morgan were truly for the people, why not give the people a choice to decide for themselves, by voting on the issue in 2008? It looks increasingly like that will happen, and the people will actually be able to speak for themselves, despite Morgan’s efforts to effectively silence them.

Rainbow State? Preserving Florida’s Future

We are engaged in an all out battle across the country, including the Sunshine State. Sadly, without an all-out effort to defend the truth, the Sunshine State could become the Rainbow State, as homosexual activists advance their anti-marriage agenda. Not motivated out of fear or vengeance, but out of love for marriage and family, and a desire to see them protected so that they might continue to bear witness to the redeeming work of Christ and his relationship with the church, this blog is intended to promote these values of family and marriage, and highlight others who are doing the same. 

Global warming update: eating turkey could destroy the planet

Stop the celebration!

All around the world people are celebrating Thanksgiving, our annual time to come together as families, enjoy a little food and interaction, and remind ourselves of all that we have to be grateful for.

And destroy the planet as well.

How? Because Thanksgiving and Christmas contribute to global warming. As Drudge reports: A “new study has linked the traditional feasts associated with Thanksgiving and Christmas to increases in planetary temperatures.

Expanding into South Florida

The Florida Family Policy Council is extending its reach into South Florida. As reported in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, this could be a significant venture, as we try to establish a presence in the dense population of the most gay-friendly area of the state.

“You can’t really do anything in Florida without having South Florida included”, John Stemberger said.

Florida teachers association: property tax more important than marriage

The Florida Education Association is threatened by the proposedmarriage ammendment currently being promoted to the 2008 Florida votersballot by John Stemberger and Florida4Marriage.org. An FEA spokesman (reported in 365gay.com) recently said that marriage was less importantthan property tax and insurance reform.

Florida4Marriage state marriage amendment

My friend John Stemberger’s efforts to save marriage is closing in on an important milestone. They are only 13,000 ballots away from the required 611,000+ needed to put a marriage amendment on the ballot for the 2008 elections. The amendment would change Florida’s constitution to define marriage as a union between