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Orlando Sentinel: Lake schools should allow students to form a gay-straight alliance club
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San Francisco Chronicle: UN group asked to review Fla. felon's rights rules
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Two Recent Victories for LGBT Rights
This week witnessed two steps forward in the movement for LGBT equality in Florida.
Petition: End the federal anti-immigrant program in Florida
Right now, two sheriff's offices in Florida are participating in a program that has led to racial profiling and created fear in minority communities. This program goes beyond the infamous Arizona anti-immigrant law, not just involving local law enforcement officers in asking about immigration status, but actually deputizing these officers to perform immigration enforcement functions on behalf of the federal government. But like the Arizona law, this program is ripe for abuse.
Celebrating Forever Families on National Adoption Day
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Thanksgiving and the year-end holiday season are right around the corner. During this time of year, families gather to eat together, laugh together and generally celebrate being together. In the past two years in Florida, those families have included gay men and lesbians who have adopted children and given them loving homes. But it hasn’t always been that way.
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