Court Asked To Kill Proposed Fla. Anti-Gay Amendment

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/020806flaBan.htm

A group trying to get a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage placed before voters asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to approve the wording if though the organization failed to get enough signatures to proceed this year.

Under state law Florida4marriage can keep adding signatures and the group says it expects to have enough for the measure to go on the 2008 ballot.

Lawyers representing six same-sex couples are asking the court to strike down the wording, calling it misleading.

Last week the Florida Secretary of State said that Florida4marriage had collected only 455,730 signatures - well short of the 611,009 required and the question could not be placed before voters this year. (story)