In November, Florida voters will have the opportunity to vote on an amendment to guarantee that marriage in that state remains the union of one man and one woman.

The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment has now received more than the required 611,009 signatures needed to be placed on the November 2008 ballot. The number of signatures is more than any gathered thus far for marriage amendments in other states.

The marriage amendment states: "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." The language of the amendment was drafted by Mat and Anita Staver and is designed to protect marriage as one man and one woman.

In January 2006, Mat Staver presented oral argument in defense of the language, and on March 23, 2006, the Florida Supreme Court in a 7-0 opinion rejected the ACLU’s challenge to the marriage amendment. 

Read the details in our News Release

Correction in Christmas Resolution Vote Numbers

Yesterday we informed you about the House passing a resolution recognizing Christmas and Christianity. A typographical error misstated the number of members passing the resolution, which was actually 372, not 732 as we originally reported.  We would hate to imagine the mischief the House could produce if there were more than 700 members! We appreciate those who notified us of the error. The corrected Liberty Alert is available on our web site.