Behind the scenes in the fight against Amendment 2
June 26, 2008 at 3:50 pm by Wayne GarciaOur CL issue on newsstands as of yesterday is the (Openly) Gay Issue, and I wrote about the two groups that were formed to fight against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. Why are there two?
Blame the dueling PACs on partisan politics, ideology and — to a lesser degree — personalities. One PAC is pointedly bipartisan, while the other doesn’t identify with a party but is extremely pro-Democrat and progressive. It’s not that they aren’t both working against the amendment; they just can’t seem to do it under one roof.
“Personally, I am of the opinion that it is unfortunate that they went two separate ways,” said Jim Pease, the president of the Tampa Bay Log Cabin Republicans who is aligned with one of the competing yet cooperating groups, Florida Red and Blue. “Together as one unified front, as one single message, it would be better.”
The two groups, Florida Red and Blue and Fairness for All Families, are coordinating their message and sharing intel but have resisted efforts to merge into one political organization.
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