Associated PressSeptember 16, 2022
7min0
"You shouldn’t be loading people up and treating them as political props."
Pastor Protection Act
Associated PressSeptember 16, 2022
Jacob OglesApril 19, 2022
4min0
The Legislative Black Caucus will also be part of the event.
Jacob OglesMay 12, 2021
8min1371
Christie Leonard said Gospel Crusade fired her over a friendship with a woman.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2017
14min328
The eternal question in Jacksonville, at least since 2012: will the Human Rights Ordinance be expanded to protect people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression? That question was not resolved Tuesday evening, in a packed council chambers where the main attraction on an otherwise unremarkable agenda was a public hearing […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016
2min878
A controversial bill that shields clergy members who refuse to perform gay marriages is now law. The so-called “Pastor Protection Act” was one of more than two dozen bills Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Thursday. Rep. Scott Plakon, the House sponsor, said this month the proposal offered protections to clergy who have concerns about […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 10, 2015
3min348
A referendum sunk the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. And a group of 19 African-American Jacksonville pastors, at a Thursday afternoon news conference at the First Timothy Baptist Church on Jacksonville’s Northside, stated their opposition to an expanded Human Rights Ordinance, while saying that any ballot measure on such should be handled by popular referendum. In […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 10, 2015
4min310
On Wednesday evening, former Jacksonville mayoral candidate and current Jax Chamber Chairwoman-elect Audrey Moran, at Intuition Ale Works in North Riverside, made the case for expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance. Moran, who has been unstinting in this case for years, spoke at a Jacksonville Coalition for Equality “Happy Hour” event, opening her remarks with […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 20162min187
Sen. Aaron Bean had a quiet month of fundraising, as the Fernandina Beach Republican runs unopposed in Senate District 4, yet one donation stood out in his $1,600 April haul. Tools for a Time, the company of Geoff Youngblood, a defeated candidate for Jacksonville’s City Council in 2015, gave $500 to Bean. Bean was the Senate sponsor […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 18, 20166min231
A Jacksonville LGBT activist claims there was a backroom deal to spike the Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) in exchange for Sen. Aaron Bean supporting the pension tax referendum in Tallahassee. Meanwhile, local leaders, including Mayor Lenny Curry and Councilman Tommy Hazouri (sponsor of the HRO bill that was pulled), refute the claim. Hazouri said that his decision to […]
Peter SchorschMarch 22, 2016
48min173
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. In yesterday’s Sunburn, we urged you to start paying attention to the interesting, multi-faceted race to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. As a follow-up to that piece, we’d like to […]