FL Senator Thad Altman and ACLU Volusia/Flagler President George Griffin to Debate Amendment 8 in New Smyrna Beach

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Diana Bardyn

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Oct 6, 2012, 7:56:56 AM10/6/12
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Is Amendment 8, purposely misnamed the Religious Freedom Amendment, a “raw grab for taxpayer’s millions,” as noted in the Sun Sentinel?


Sen. Thad Altman (R-Viera), the main Florida Senate sponsor of Amendment 8, will appear with George Griffin of the ACLU on Oct. 13 to debate their opposing views of Amendment 8, the controversial Florida Religious Freedom Amendment, which is on the ballot Nov. 6. The League of Women Voters will moderate the Saturday morning forum at the United Church of Christ, 203 Washington Street in New Smyrna Beach, beginning at 10 a.m.

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Conflicting opinions about the amendment’s intentions and possible effects have swirled through Florida newspapers and media, but one thing is certain: the amendment, if passed, would alter Article I, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution, which deals with “Religious Freedom,” adding a sentence which states, “No individual or entity may be discriminated against or barred from receiving funding on the basis of religious identity or belief,” and deleting prohibitive current language which says, “No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.”

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