Tag Archives: Pam Bondi

FLORIDA: AG Pam Bondi Turns To Scientologists For Campaign Funding

Via Raw Story: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is running for re-election this year, and she’s looking for help in an unusual place — the Church of Scientology. Bondi is a Republican and former prosecutor who was endorsed by Sarah Palin when she ran for election and won in 2010. Most recently, she’s been in the news for announcing that …

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FLORIDA: Former Gov. Charlie Crist Files Pro-Gay Marriage Amicus Brief

Via Equality Florida: Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has filed an amicus brief today in support of the marriage equality lawsuit Pareto v. Ruvin, which is set for a hearing on July 2 before Judge Sarah Zabel in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami. Judge Zabel will hear from attorneys who filed a lawsuit in January on behalf of …

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FLORIDA: Attorney General Seeks To Intervene In Two Marriage Lawsuits

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed motions to intervene on behalf of the state in marriage equality lawsuits filed against Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Via Steve Rothaus at the Miami Herald: Allen Winsor, the state’s solicitor general, states in the motions filed in local courts that Florida has a legitimate interest in intervening in the cases since they represent …

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FLORIDA: Hate Group Now Praises Attorney General They Once Slut-Shamed

Some history from the Orlando Sentinel: Four years ago, Pam Bondi was under attack. Among her alleged sins: She had gotten two divorces. She had a live-in boyfriend. And she’d never birthed any children. Obviously these things were a big deal … to those who long for the 1800s. So the finger-waggers at the Florida Family Policy Council — a …

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Perkins Cheers Florida AG Pam Bondi

“If you’re looking for political leadership, skip the White House and head straight for Florida. There, Attorney General Pam Bondi is more than making up for the vacuum of courage in D.C. and governor’s mansions across the country with a powerful defense of democracy. Florida’s chief law enforcer seems to have a better grasp on her job than the man …

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FLORIDA: Backlash Grows Against AG Pam Bondi For Supporting Marriage Ban

Last week Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a motion to dismiss one of her state’s marriage equality lawsuits, saying that same-sex marriage would be “harmful” to the state. Several major newspapers have since reacted with commentaries blasting her position.  From the Miami Herald: All adults should have the right to marry and divorce as they see fit. That’s why, …

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FLORIDA: AG Pam Bondi Asks Federal Court To Toss Out “Harmful” Marriage Suit

Via the Associated Press: The attorney general of Florida says in court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would “impose significant public harm.” Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a response that asks a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit. Bondi’s office says the state has a legitimate interest in defining a marriage as between …

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