Kiss Florida Goodbye In November

It was announced early this evening by the Florida Division of Elections that the so called "Marriage Protection Amendment" had gathered enough signatures (650,000, more than the 611,000 needed) at the last minute to qualify for the November ballot. You can read more here.

Florida4marriage.org collected 649,346 signatures, well above the required 611,009, according to the Secretary of State's Office. "I'm grateful to God first and our supporters second," said organizer John Stemberger. "The bottom line is kids need a mom and dad. Same sex marriages subject kids to a vast, untested social experiment."

Florida was going to be a tough nut to crack anyway. It's trended the wrong way ever since the 2000 debacle.

But his will only serve to bring out every wingnut in the state who think this is the most serious threat Florida faces in the coming years.

The only good news is that Florida now requires a 60% approval in order to pass a constitutional amendment. It's a high threshhold, but I'm afraid even that won't be a big enough obstacle.

If you want to join the fight, consider contributing to one of the two groups that will be leading the effort to defeat this initiative:

Fairness For All Families
or
Florida Red And Blue

***UPDATED***

What really frosts me about this is that Florida Red and Blue has raised closed to $1.5 million and Fairness for All Families close to $250,000 to fight this - I can think of much better things that could be done with that kind of money!