Ballot Proposal To Overturn Florida's Ban On Gay Marriage Unlikely To Appear In The Near Future

A coalition of gay rights advocates and organizations in Florida have made it clear that they have no plans to introduce same-sex marriage on the state ballot anytime soon. Instead, they are looking to a future U.S. Supreme Court case as the likely method of settling the issue for the state, The Miami Herald reports: 

"I don't want to build up any false expectations that it would be good to run back to the ballot right now, or that it would be good to think that we should file a lawsuit anytime until the hearts and minds change more and the environment changes a bit more," said [ACLU of Florida's Howard] Simon, whose organization has joined with three major gay- rights groups to coordinate strategy for securing gay marriage in Florida.

It's unlikely that Florida's 2008 Amendment 2, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman, could be overturned at this time in the state, said Nadine Smith, Equality Florida's executive director.

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