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5,450 Floridian Demanded Action and Got It

From The Buzz: 

Tune into www.LiveStream.com/AsIAm to hear today's interview with Equality Florida's statewide Field Director Joe Saunders. Joe reveals strategies for electing LGBT and friendly candidates in the 2010 and 2012 elections. Joe also discusses a critical first step of redistricting. The show also includes a discussion with Dr. Bob Minor, founder of TheFairnessProject.org and author of numerous LGBT focused books including his latest tome, "When Religion Is An Addiction."

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BREAKING NEWS: Congress may vote as early as Thursday on whether to end Don't Ask Don't Tell!

State Senator Paula Dockery dropped out of the governor's race this morning. Republican primary voters will now have to choose between Bill McCollum or Rick Scott. As always, the brilliant Scott Maxwell had something to say about it. 

By NADINE SMITH

Alex Sink rips Bill McCollum on Rentboy scandal

Rekers Scandal Stirs Legal Questions in Anti-Gay Cases - NYTimes.com Great article in NYTimes tackles the essential questions: Will the courts finally throw out Rekers along with his bogus testimony once and for all. But legal experts say the scandal may affect more than Dr. Rekers’s reputation. They say it places obligations on those who have relied on Dr. Rekers to inform the court in at least one continuing case to modify or withdraw their arguments.

From The Miami Herald:

NYTimes Columnist - A Heaven-Sent Rent Boy

From the fabulous Scott Maxwell at the Orlando Sentinel:

VICTORY in LEON COUNTY- By a 5-2 vote, Leon County-home of our state capital- has added a sexual orientation and gender identity inclusive Human Rights Ordinance and added the protections to the county's own personnel policy as well. More than 100 brave and passionate speakers. The culmination of more than a year of work. Way to go team!

From the Miami New Times: