Janet Reno Joins Fairness for All Families Campaign

US Attorney General Janet Reno Joins Fairness for All Families Campaign

((Miami) Janet Reno, the former US Attorney General and the only woman to ever hold that post, has joined the Fairness for All Families Campaign.

Reno, a longtime advocate for children and families, will serve on the Honorary Board for the Fairness campaign to defeat a proposed amendment to Florida Constitution that could strip away employee benefits for unmarried Floridians and their loved ones. The measure is slated for the November 2008 ballot.

Existing members of the campaign’s Honorary Board of Directors include: U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz; former Department of Elder Affairs Secretary and past FL AARP Director Bentley Lipscomb; Florida NAACP President Adora Obi Nweze; Howard Simon, Executive Director, Florida ACLU; Rev. Nancy Wilson, Worldwide Moderator, Metropolitan Community Churches; Mitch Cesar, Chairman, Broward Democratic Party; Joe Garcia, Chairman, Miami-Dade Democratic Party; Karl Dickey, Florida Libertarian Party Chair.

“We are extremely excited not only to have Attorney General Reno join the Fairness for All Families Campaign, but to also have her take on a leadership position as a member of our Honorary Board of Directors,” said Barbara A. DeVane of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans and a founding member of the campaign. “This amendment will hurt all unmarried couples and every Floridian who cares about their future, and that of their loved ones, must stand up and oppose this discrimination.”

The Fairness for All Families Campaign has amassed a coalition of 140 state and local organizations and community leaders representing seniors, business leaders, consumer groups and social justice organizations working together to oppose the effort to take away benefits and enshrine discrimination in Florida’s constitution.

The addition of Janet Reno to the Fairness for All Families Campaign comes at a time when editorial boards across the state are taking a strong stand against the amendment as “unnecessary” and ‘harmful” to all unmarried Floridians including seniors, public employees and others who rely on domestic partnership benefits to protect their loved ones.

For more information on how to join the campaign, visit www.fairnessforallfamilies.org

Fairness for All Families is a growing statewide coalition that includes seniors, business leaders, consumer groups, labor and social justice organizations who are joining together to oppose stripping away existing employee benefits while barring the passage of future measures to help Florida families.



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