Equality Florida Headed to Courts for Gay Marriage
Written by John McDonald
Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith said the State’s largest civil rights organization would be in court next year as they seek to achieve ambitious goals for the future.
Smith, a longtime human rights activist from Panama City, said the way to bring about same-sex marriage in Florida was through the judicial branch of the State’s government.
“We anticipate going to court and for public opinion to continue to move in our direction,” Smith said.
Major goals for Equality Florida over the next three years are full marriage Equality, statewide employment protection and to keep electing candidates like Joe Saunders in Central Florida. Saunders, an openly gay man, was elected to the Florida House of Representatives during the general election of 2012. He is fighting in the legislature to secure employment protection for LGBT people and believes marriage equality is coming soon.
“Winds are in the sails for marriage equality in Florida and across the country,” said Saunders, who represents District 49 in Tallahassee.