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Originally Posted by SteveZ
A YES on Amendment 1 effectively repeals the Alien Land Act of 1926 which was a very discriminatory land-ownership ban. FL is one of the last states to continue such a ban on the books.
A YES vote on Amendment 2 defines marriage as a union solely between a man and a woman, and provides the legal foundation for subsequent clarifications by legislation or regulation on same-sex unions in regards to employee benefits, intestacy or whatever else is a concern.
There has already been threads on both these issues on this board.
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Actually I think you are incorrect about Amendment 2. It does define marriage as between a man and a women however it also says that no other
type of legal union would be valid or recognized.
As I read it Civil Unions would not be recognized in Florida.
Here is the amendment..
"In as much as a marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife,
no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized