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NOTE: Brian Winfield, Equality Florida's Communications Director reached out to a number of Florida papers to take a stand on the McCollum/Foster Parent debacle. The Pensacola News Journal felt strongly enough about the issue that their Editorial Board ran a fantastic editorial, with a scathing cartoon. This is Pensacola folks, one of the most conservative bastions of Florida!

One day after stating that gay people should be banned from foster parenting, Bill McCollum tries to back away from his statements. This is the latest twist in the scandal involving McCollum giving $120,000 to discredited witness George Rekers who was later caught with a male escort he'd hired on rentboy.com as the pair returned from a European vacation.

Moments ago, Judge Vaughn Walker lifted his stay of his previous decision finding California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional. /*-->*/

At a recent candidate forum at Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, a couple of candidates made the Bay Buzz blog for their efforts to out pray each other.

Election Day is August 24th Early voting has already begun Get yours today, print it out and take it to the polls.

August 11, 2010

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BREAKING NEWSCalifornia's Prop 8 Deemed "Unconstitutional"

Today, the much anticipated decision from the Perry v. Schwarzenegger Prop 8 case will be released between 1 and 3pm Pacific time so that means between 4-6pm Eastern standard time. 

Bill McCollum continues to be haunted on the campaign trail by his decision to override the pleas of his own attorneys and pay a discredited witness a whopping $120,000. At a public forum in St. Petersburg, City Councilmember Steve Kornell raised the issue in the first question of the day. The largest progressive blog in the country, The Huffington Post, picked up the story from WMNF radio. Read more here:

Don't allow the message of the National Organization for Marriage go unanswered!

From The Florida Current: JUDGE STRIKES HEALTH CARE AMENDMENT FROM BALLOT A Leon County judge on Thursday morning threw Amendment 9 – the "health care freedom" amendment - off the November ballot. This is now the third amendment proposed by the Florida Legislature that has been taken off the 2010 ballot by judges.

Election 2010 is here!

Current Attorney General, and candidate for governor, Bill McCollum is making clear he still opposes adoption by gays and lesbians in an interview with the Broward Sun Sentinel. 

Today is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming August 24 primaries.