Florida Agenda

By Cliff Dunn The county Supervisor of Elections Office reports that as of July 31, there are 1,099,375 registered voters in Broward County, with a registration breakdown of 570,594 Democrats, 256,380 Republicans, and 272,401 “others.” The Florida Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, August 14, with voting times from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. [...]

Over the weekend, Democrats set wheels in motion to endorse a pro-samesex marriage plank for the summer’s National Convention party platform, something that has long been lobbied by LGBT supporters and honorary gays like the DNC chair, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman (D-Florida), whose 20th Congressional District encompasses a high concentration of LGBT residents and gay [...]

Republican Traditionalists: “It’s Chick-fil-A’s carcass, and I helped!” It seems that high-profile members of the Grand Old Party love themselves some fried chicken—as long as it features a Chick-fil-A sticker someplace on the packaging. Since his interview last month with Baptist Press, CEO Dan Cathy’s comments espousing “the biblical definition of the family unit” have [...]

By Joe Harris   In politics, as in fast food, one man’s chicken is another man’s “beef.” Case in point: While the list of people who are fleeing the Chick-fil-A coop is growing—mostly in urban, gay-friendly areas, by the way— there is a growing chorus of support from traditionalists and social and religious conservatives who [...]

A North Miami pastor whose “free speech” has been likened by some to “hate speech” finds himself in hot water with his landlord, the Miami Dade County Public Schools, who are deciding whether or not to renew his church’s rental agreement. As reported in our June 27, 2012 front page story (“Why, BIG BIRD—Why? Public [...]

By Joe Harris Longtime Fort Lauderdale legal advocate, human rights activist, and former City Commissioner Dean Trantalis filed his notice last week that he’ll seek the District II commission seat, being vacated by Charlotte Rodstrom. Trantalis has practiced law in Broward County, and lived in Fort Lauderdale, since 1982. He served as co-chair of Americans [...]

On Saturday, Internet giant Google launched its “Legalize Love” initiative, with a purpose, according to dot429.com, “of inspiring countries to legalize marriage for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people around the world.” Although initially targeting Poland and Singapore, Google plans to expand the campaign to every country where it conducts business—so pretty much everywhere, except perhaps [...]

By Joe Harris The first openly gay Republican presidential candidate announced last week that he would end his campaign for the nation’s highest office. Fred Karger, a former actor and political consultant, called his twoand- a-half year run for the White House “the experience of a lifetime.” “I am officially ending my historic campaign today, [...]

By Joe Harris   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization endorsed marriage equality for all Americans. The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) announced in a story in the Washington Blade that the organization’s national board of directors has voted unanimously to support same sex marriage. Eric [...]

By Joe Harris Gay men’s hook up app Grindr is finding new life—sort of—as a modernday Paul Revere, sounding the clarion and alerting an otherwise torpid citizenry about matters of political import. Take the case last summer when gay men in Saratoga County, New York received Grindr notifications that Republican State Senator Roy McDonald and [...]