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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to headline anti-gay fundraiser
The Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) announced today that it will host U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at its 2013 Annual Policy Awards Dinner in Orlando on Saturday.
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Children’s museum calls cops, threatens LGBT-supportive kids with trespassing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A children’s museum in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday allegedly notified police and threatened a group of children with trespassing after they delivered a petition asking the museum to “stop discriminating” against LGBT families.
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States fight discrimination toward gay foster kids
Sixto Cancel says his ultra-religious foster family frequently talked about their disdain for his homosexuality at the dinner table, trashed his room and called him homophobic slurs. While he was still a teenager, he says, they kicked him out of their Connecticut home after he had lived there for nearly a decade…
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Jacksonville lawmakers reject adding LGBT protections to human rights ordinance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have expanded that city’s human rights ordinance to include protections for LGBT citizens in the areas of employment, housing, and hotel and restaurants.
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Jacksonville, Fla. to consider ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A coalition of business organizations and elected officials are backing legislation to ban anti-gay discrimination which is set to be introduced at next week’s Jacksonville, Fla., city council meeting.