Help Needed in Four States

Posted on September 27, 2008
Filed Under Gay News Blog

Much of the political focus in the LGBT community is on electing Barack Obama and defeating the constitutional amendment in California that would end marriage equality, which became legal earlier this year under an order from that state’s high court.

There are three other measures that are struggling for support. In Florida, where same-sex marriage is already barred, an amendment is on the ballot to ban it in the Constitution. Proponents of the measure need 60 percent of the vote to ratify it.

In Arizona, the only state to defeat a ballot initiative versus same-sex marriage in 2006, partly because it also banned any partner benefits, an amendment that would just ban same-sex marriage is up this November. Like the California initiative, it requires a simple majority.

And in Arkansas, where the courts have ruled that the state cannot discriminate against gay couples in adoption, there is a ballot measure to ban all unmarried couples from adopting.

For more information, go to the following websites:

California:
www.noonprop8.com
Arkansas:
www.arkansasfamiliesfirst.org
Florida:
www.sayno2.com
Arizona:
www.votenoprop102.com

Help Needed in Four States