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Eight Gay Couples Married Elsewhere File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Florida’s Rights Violations

March 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The lawsuit lists numerous examples of alleged disparate treatment, such as the state retirement system providing benefits to the surviving spouses of dead public employees who were in heterosexual marriages. Such benefits are not available to surviving spouses in same-sex marriages.

Federal Lawsuit Against Palm Coast Code Enforcement Charges Search and Due Process Violations

March 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The Thomas lawsuit charges Palm Coast Code Enforcement personnel of violating property and privacy rights to obtain evidence. (Zen Sutherland)

Linda Thomas, a retired attorney in Palm Coast, filed the lawsuit in federal district court, charging the city’s code enforcement division with violations of the 4th and 14th amendments. Flagler County circuit court in two rulings already found the code enforcement division had improperly and arbitrarily cited Thomas, but the court did not address constitutional issues.

Florida GOP Rallies Around Marriage Inequality as LGBT Community Mobilizes

June 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Though Floridians rejected gay marriage in a 2008 vote, Florida LGBT activists, fired up by Wednesday’s Supreme Court rulings favoring same-sex unions, said they have no intention of leaving matters as they stand.

Without Owner’s Consent, Code Enforcement Cleans Up a Property at Taxpayers’ Expense

June 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Lynor Camp at her home in Bunnell in 2013. (© FlaglerLive)

It was a costly, day-long project involving personnel from four city departments, including police, on a house already facing a $50,000 lien, but officials defended forcibly cleaning up the property on Deen Road at taxpayers’ expense, saying it was a matter of maintaining property values. The case shows the extent–and limits–of code enforcement’s growing authority.

Anti-Abortion Bills Pass Through Angry Debate As Florida Creeps Closer to Embryo Rights

April 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

After tense debate that included allegations of lying and large-scale eugenics, the House on Thursday passed a measure banning abortions meant to avoid having a baby of a particular gender or race and criminalized harm of the unborn in the act of harming or killing its mother.

Title IX Lets Girls Be Both Quarterback and Homecoming Queen

December 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

title IX sports and gender

Erin DiMeglio made history as the first female in Florida to play quarterback in a varsity high school game, and was elected South Plantation High’s homecoming queen. That wouldn’t have happened without Title IX, the landmark legislation assuring females the same opportunities as boys at both the high school and college levels.

Amendment 6: Narrowing Down Florida’s Abortion and Privacy Rights

October 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Sandwiched within a long list of issues on a crowded ballot, Amendment 6 is emerging as a multi-million dollar fight touching abortion, parental rights and privacy protections now guaranteed in the Florida Constitution.

Complaint Cites Broad, Harsh Discrimination Against Black Students in Flagler Schools

August 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 79 Comments

From the outside looking in: a 22-page complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center with the federal Office of Civil Rights calls for an investigation into discriminatory practices against black students in Flagler County schools.

Flagler County schools are among five Florida districts cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center in complaints filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, calling for federal investigations into discriminatory punishments that disproportionately target black students.

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