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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision May 18, 2006 08:57am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Miami Herald |
| News Date | Thursday, May 18, 2006 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nearly all of Florida's most powerful elected Republicans, including Gov. Jeb Bush, are slated to attend a major fundraiser Friday for a group that tried to ban same-sex marriage and keep Terri Schiavo alive.
The strong attendance by GOP leaders confers political clout upon the Florida Family Policy Council, an offshoot of James Dobson's national Christian conservative group Focus on the Family.
The council's petition drive for an amendment to the Florida Constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage fell short this year, but the group is trying for 2008. The council also lobbied state officials to stop Schiavo's husband from removing the severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube after 15 years.
The throng of elected officials attending Friday's event in Orlando includes the Legislature's current and incoming leaders, two Cabinet members and some congressional representatives.
But one statewide GOP official is notably absent from the guest list: Charlie Crist, the state attorney general and candidate for governor.
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