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Come join my cause: Say No 2! by Florida Red and Blue! You will be able to recruit friends, raise money, and add a profile badge to show your support!
Are you an unmarried couple in FL?Well, your rights are about to be taken away!Amendment 2 is also known as the “same sex marriage ban” amendment, but it’s really a benefits ban that will harm ALL UNMARRIED COUPLES IN FLORIDA, WHETHER THEY'RE GAY OR NOT.Say No 2 eliminating shared health care and pension benefits.Say No 2 someone else deciding who can visit you in the hospital.Say No 2 taking away existing benefits and legal protections.Say No 2 hurting Florida’s seniors who are unmarried by choice.Say No 2 more government intrusion into our private lives.We need your help to defeat Amendment 2!Please go to our website (www. sayno2. com) and join Florida Red and Blue so we can protect all of our rights!Here’s the language of the “Marriage Protection Amendment”: "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.The so-called “Marriage Protection Amendment” is supposed to only ban same-sex marriage in Florida – something that is already illegal.But the reality is that this amendment, if approved by the voters in 2008, will redefine ALL relationships in Florida. No more domestic partnerships – gay or straight. No more health insurance benefits for unmarried partners. No more economic benefits for unmarried seniors struggling on a deceased spouse’s pension. No more hospital visitation rights for the cop injured on the job who wants to see his girlfriend.Supporters of this initiative want you to have ONLY the relationship they deem worthy of their approval. And unless you’re a married husband and wife, they’ve decided your relationship doesn’t make the cut.