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(Tallahassee, Florida) Supporters of a proposed
constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages in Florida say
they're got a long ways to go in collecting petitions.
Members of the group called
"Florida-4-Marriage-dot-org" say they have about a quarter of the
needed signatures and have just weeks to collect the rest.
Organizers say they've collected about 150,000 of
the approximately 600,000 signatures needed for a vote on the amendment in
November.
Supporters are gearing up for a final push to
collect the remaining signatures in less than three weeks.
The petitions must be submitted to supervisors of
elections by February 1, so the group is setting its own deadline for January
23.
Florida already has a so-called defense of
marriage law that bans same-sex marriage.
In California two conservative groups e trying to
get constitutional amendments on the ballot are also having problems.
One group has postponed its initiative, while the
other said it may not have enough signatures for the November election. (story)
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