Charlie Crist Files Brief in Support of Florida Marriage Equality
Source: Out Traveler
Charlie Crist, the always surprising former governor of Florida, put his neck out for marriage equality this week.
Crist, who is running to be governor again, filed an amicus brief ("friend of the court" in support of the same-sex couples in Pareto v. Ruvin. The case involves six same-sex couples fighting for marriage equality in Florida. A hearing on the case is set for July 2 in Miami.
Crist acknowledged in the brief that he once supported the state's ban on marriage equality, but now believes it's harmful to Florida and the gay couples that live in the state. Crist himself has evolved from a Republican to an Independent to a Democrat. He left the governor's office in 2011; he had hoped to be elected to the Senate but lost to Tea Party candidate and rising GOP star Marco Rubio.
"In just the last six years, our society has evolved and moved past the prejudices rooted in our past," Crist said in a statement. "Further, science has uniformly reached the conclusion that heterosexual marriages are just as valued and revered as they have ever been, and children raised by gay and lesbian parents fare just as well as kids raised in straight families."
Read more: http://www.outtraveler.com/destination-guide/miami/2014/06/27/charlie-crist-files-brief-support-florida-marriage-equality
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Zipgun
(182 posts)And we might be better off for it. May the feud last for a long time.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)especially as he can ensure Miami and Orlando go to him. Tampa is already his, since he comes from the area. The only people who can save Rick are the mouth breathing neo dixie types, who saldy, do come out in droves.
lark
(23,091 posts)While he's certainly too corporatist for my taste, he is MILES better than Voldemort, aka Rick Scott.
William769
(55,144 posts)Hopefully he can untangle the Medicaid mess Scott has done to this State.
lark
(23,091 posts)My adult son needs it so badly. ACA on it's own, without the Medicaid expansion, doesn't help someone whose income is at the FPL level.
Cha
(297,137 posts)sheshe2
(83,731 posts)KnR!
Kinda funny, I asked a poster last week why it's okay to support Elizabeth Warren ( a former GOP) yet condemn Crist and Hagel. They said that the later two still held GOP ideals. Guess they were wrong again.Funny that!
Go Charlie!
PS. EW is my Great Senator from Mass. I love her, I was just making a point.
Cha
(297,137 posts)sheshe2
(83,731 posts)Sorry haters, Gays can get married. Sucks to be you!.
levels, she~ But, yeah.. whoever made this graphic got just the right tone.