SO much gay news is coming out of Florida lately probably because it’s first up on the next round of gay rights votes.
On March 24, Gainesville will vote on whether the city should keep an anti-discrimination ordinance that includes sexual orientation and gender identity among its protections. If the measure, Charter Amendment 1, wins a majority of the vote on 3/24, the protections for sexual orientation and gender identity will both be repealed in Gainesville.
Yesterday, the University of Florida’s student government came together to vote on a resolution opposing Charter Amendment 1. It passed unanimously, with all student government senators condemning the ballot initiative as bigoted and discriminatory.
Campus Coordinator Garrett Garner said, “If [Charter Amendment 1] passed it would make it legal to fire [people] from their job, kick them out of their house or refuse them service in a restaurant because they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.”
Gainesville’s Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan and the University of Florida Faculty Senate have already voiced their opposition to Charter Amendment 1.
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