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""...Pond, Langbehn's partner for nearly 18 years, was stricken in Miami with a brain aneurysm and died. Langbehn, a social worker, said officials at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital did not recognize her or their jointly adopted children as part of Pond's family... Langbehn said she was informed by a social worker that they were in an 'anti-gay state' and that they needed legal paperwork before Langbehn could see Pond."
The Olympian, of Olympia, Washington, June 17, 2007
Janice didn't get to say goodbye. In Florida her family relationship was refused any recognition even in their hour of direst need.
In November, Floridians will be forced to vote on a ballot measure that would enshrine this kind of discrimination forever in the Florida Constitution and could ban benefits for all unmarried partners.
It's Valentine's Day, the time of year when we focus on love. It's time we stop this madness right here and now in Florida. With your support, we can defeat Florida Amendment #2 on November 4, 2008.
Let our hearts come together, on this day of hearts, and be unified in calling for change, and the rights already allocated to the gross of adult Americans. But we must never forget every path has a few puddles. Let's leap them or splash in them together.
Happy Valentine's Day to all my friends and family...
