NEWS RELEASE: Florida Legislature to take up Indiana-style adoption bill

Submitted by Brittany on April 1, 2015 - 4:56pm

Florida House committee will consider
Indiana-style adoption bill Thursday

Meanwhile, lawmakers are blocking a bill
that would ban LGBT discrimination

April 1, 2015

Contact:
Carlos Guillermo Smith, Public Policy Specialist, [email protected]
Jim Harper, Media/Communications, [email protected]

NEWS RELEASE: 81% of Floridians are just fine with same-sex marriage

Submitted by Brittany on March 26, 2015 - 6:04pm

81% of Floridians are just fine with same-sex marriage

New poll comes two months after nuptials began statewide

March 26, 2015

Contact:
Jim Harper, Media/Communications, 727-388-3636, [email protected]

A new poll shows that a vast majority of Floridians are content that same-sex couples can now marry in their state.

NEWS RELEASE: Using taxpayer funds to discriminate

Submitted by Brittany on March 19, 2015 - 4:51pm

Adoption agencies receiving taxpayer funds could discriminate as they wish

Bill is proposed soon after state House voted to increase payments to private agencies

(March 19, 2015) A bill that would allow private adoption agencies to take state money while continuing to discriminate against groups of prospective parents was approved by a Florida House committee Thursday.

Twelve Republicans voted for it; six Democrats opposed it.

NEWS RELEASE: Transgender Discrimination Bill to get hearing Tuesday morning

Submitted by Brittany on March 16, 2015 - 6:02pm

Transgender Discrimination Bill to be heard again early Tuesday

Opponents and proponents are in both in town to lobby legislators

(March A bill that would discriminate against transgender Floridians and force employers and business-owners to police the use of their restrooms will get a second committee hearing in the Florida House on Tuesday morning.

The Government Operations Subcommittee will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Webster Hall (212 Knott). H.B. 583 is the second item on the agenda.