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Calendar of Events

5/17/2010 - 7pm Weston University Graduation at the Weston Commission Meeting

5/18/2010 - 6pm Broward County Medical Association Legislative Wrap-Up at Baptist Medical Plaza in Davie

5/19/2010 - 7pm Weston/Southwest Ranches Town Hall Meeting with State Representative Martin Kiar at Weston City Hall Commission Chambers

5/20/2010 - 7pm Legislative Update to Southwest Ranches Constituents during the SWR Commission Meeting

5/21/2010 - 12:30pm Senator speaking to the Miami-Dade Civil Rights Committee at Akerman, Senterfitt in Miami.

5/22/2010 - 11:15am Senator speaking at the AFL-CIO Conference in Jacksonville

5/26/2010 - 7:30pm Legislative Update to Plantation Constituents during the Plantation Commission Meeting

5/27/2010 - 10am Attending the Children & Youth Cabinet Meeting at the Florida Hospital in Orlando

5/31/2010 - 9:30am Attending the Memorial Day Service for Plantation Veteran's at the Plantation Veteran's Park

6/1/2010 - 11:30am Alex Sink Fundraising Lunch at the Riverside Hotel

Legislaive Update - June 2010

Oil Spill Reminds Us of Need to Protect Florida’s Coastline
And to Develop Clean Energy Sources
 
As the BP gulf oil spill has unfolded over the past two months, I’m sure you’ve been as troubled as I have been at the images on the news each night – dark plumes of oil billowing from the ocean floor, sensitive wetlands irreparably harmed, helpless pelicans covered in reddish-brown residue, and tar balls washing up on north Florida’s pristine beaches – not to mention the unknown damage to aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
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Sun Sentinel: Anti-gay adoption law a drawback for Florida's efforts

Editorial by Nan Rich

Recently, the Sun-Sentinel ran a guest column by Governor Charlie Crist to highlight "Explore Adoption Day" in Florida.  In it, the governor celebrated last year's record-high 3,700 adoptions of foster children in our state, and says that all an adoptive parent needs is "an open heart and the willingness to be a parent to a child who has experienced abuse, or neglect, and needs a safe and loving home."

Unfortunately, that's not quite true.  In Florida, it doesn't matter how open your heart is, or how willing and capable of being a loving adoptive parent you are, if you're gay.  That's because Florida is the only state in the country with a sweeping anti-gay adoption law.

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