First Comes Love Then Comes…
Local Love Stories and the Heart of the Marriage Equality Movement
by Jessica Forbes
Imagine waiting 40 years to marry the person you love.
Local Love Stories and the Heart of the Marriage Equality Movement
by Jessica Forbes
Imagine waiting 40 years to marry the person you love.
Sep 25, 2013 at 10:00 am
Seated in a downtown St. Petersburg coffee shop, Nadine Smith holds court at a window side table. She keeps a frenetic pace between checking e-mail on her laptop and responding to incoming text messages.
More local governments and businesses are telling their employees — gay and straight — that wedding bells don't have to ring for them to get the same benefits their married co-workers are receiving.
Marriage equality advocates hope those initiatives are creating momentum for more significant changes in Florida, which does not permit same-sex marriage and has no statewide domestic partnership registry.
On Thursday, Sept. 12, Equality Florida will host Equality Means Business, a roundtable showcasing local business VIPs who’ll discuss how workplace diversity and protection have made them, well, richer.