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Thousands Protest Gay Marriage Ban

News Channel 8 photo by JIM FARQUHAR

Frustrated Fair-Minded Floridians who opposed Amendment 2, held a "Shame On 2 Rally" in Tampa.

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TBO.com Staff Report

Published: November 15, 2008

Thousands of gays and lesbians and their supporters around the country – including more than 100 in downtown Tampa – rallied at 1:30 p.m. to protest bans to marriage and adoption approved by voters in four states.

In Florida, 62 percent of voters on Nov. 4 approved Amendment 2, an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman and bans same-sex marriages. The measure needed 60 percent to pass.

Tampa City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena told the crowd assembled at Joe Cillura Courthouse Square that "the tide is turning to say 'we're all in this together.'" She added: "I think it's time for the county to revisit the human rights ordinance." Attempts to add sexual orientation to the anti-discrimination ordinance have been made at least a couple of times since the County Commission removed sexual orientation from the law in 2000.

Nationally, gay marriage bans were approved by voters in California and Arizona; in Arkansas, voters approved a measure to prevent same-sex couples from adopting.

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