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Continuing election day fallout: Opponents of Amendment 2, which banned gay marriage in the state of Florida, are planning a series of rallies and events throughout the state to draw a line in the sand against bigotry.

First, on Saturday Nov. 15, progressives will hold “Shame on 2″ rallies in several Florida cities, including Tampa and St. Petersburg. Join the Tampa rally at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square in downtown Tampa (across the from the county center at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.).  St. Pete residents will rally at Mirror Lake Park off of First Avenue and Sixth Street North.

But there’s another project underway from Equality Florida — an Undo 2 Campaign. More on that to come.

If you want more info on the rallies, read the press release from the Hillsborough County GLBTA Democratic Caucus after the jump.

Frustrated and Disillusioned Fair-Minded Floridians who opposed Amendment 2 will be holding a “Shame On 2 Rally.” Voters may have succeeded in enshrining religious beliefs into our state’s constitution. However, promises were made that existing domestic partners benefits and rights of heterosexual and same-gender couples would not be stripped away. Our presence at the rally will serve to remind voters of these promises and that they must be kept. We will not allow Florida to follow in the steps of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin, where broken promises cost their citizens benefits and rights.

In a country that promotes itself as a defender of equal civil and human rights for people around the world,  it is shameless that a small majority of citizens are allowed, based solely on their personal religious belief, to dictate laws that could adversely effect benefits, protections and rights for a minority or group of people. Passage of Florida’s Amendment 2 consigns Gay and Lesbian Americans to Second Class Citizenship.

The rally in Tampa will coincide with rallies being held in our sisters cites of St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Lake Worth, Miami Beach, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Panama City and Pensacola. All are a part of Join the Impact National Day of Action, a day when citizens from across the country will stand united in solidarity of our strong opposition to Amendment 2, and Propositions 102 and 8. We refuse to allow their mean-spirited religiously backed attacks on the equal civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens to go unchallenged.

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