Posted on 11/05/2008 4:06:36 PM PST by goldstategop
Florida voters pass marriage amendment
by: Jessica Gresko 11/05/08
MIAMI (AP) -- Florida voters inserted into the state constitution a ban on same-sex marriage, narrowly passing Amendment 2 in Tuesday's election.
The amendment further cements an existing prohibition against gay marriage in state law. Supporters said defining marriage in the constitution as between a man and a woman will help prevent court rulings allowing same-sex
(Excerpt) Read more at yes2marriage.org ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And this is where this is very different from CA in that the FL court had not ruled on the marriage issue.
Narrowly passing? I'm confused here, how does "narrowly passing" and 62% exist in the same article?
It probably requires a 3/5 (60%) vote to pass. Thus the ‘narrow’.
A simple majority of votes is not enough to amend the Florida constitution.
I give the courts about 10 minutes to pop this bubble.
What is disgusting is the way the LameStream Media in Florida is reporting the story...saying it “barely” passed...in Florida, amendments must get 60%...before 2006, it was a mere 51%.
So they’re playing like it made it by the thinnest of popular sentiment. Nevertheless, it IS in the state constitution, and the pukes in the media and the courts cannot stop it. :)
There is a silver lining in every cloud.
Obambi and friends will leave this to the courts, that is once they’ve all been packed to resemble the 9th Circuit. His appointments will base their opinions on trendy notions of “justice” remember, not that silly yellowed document those old white men wrote.
It’ll be interesting to see if the liberal FL supremes try to rule a lawfully passed constitutional amd. unconstitutional!
“We are the law! Sit down, shut up and obey us, you peasants!!”
The Liberal Messiah, with the help of His rubber stamp Congress, will repeal the federal DOMA. Once that happens, gay couples will go to the People’s Republic of Kennedy to get married and then go to their home States to demand full faith and credit. Then our judicial overlords can overrules the People again.
Ah, thank you all.
Florida protected marriage yesterday. Its rare to find 62% agreement on anything in our society. Yet on marriage, the voters said YES!The homosexual fundamentalists got bitch-slapped in Florida.
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