Orlando Sentinel Against Amendment 2

The Orlando Sentinel editorial board comes out against Amendment 2.

Good idea or bad idea? Bad idea. This amendment does more than just target homosexual unions. It puts all manner of domestic partnerships at a possible disadvantage. For example, after a similar measure passed in Michigan in 2004, the state's Supreme Court ruled that public institutions could no longer offer health and other benefits to domestic partners of the same sex. Many institutions found a way around the ruling, but why put people in Florida at risk? Besides, state law already restricts marriage to a man and a woman, and Florida doesn't recognize gay unions performed in other states. This measure seems more like a cynical attempt to bring out the conservative base in a presidential election year.

Our recommendation: Vote No.

The Orlando Sentinel has been a historically conservative newspaper. The op-ed questions why there needs to be a Florida Constitutional amendment outlawing something already illegal. The editorial board can bring themselves to admit the Republican Party of Florida raised money for the ballot. The GOP is more interested in GOTV than properly governing.