Rev. Miller-Evans represents Florida Clergy for Fairness, an ad-hoccoalition of clergy members from a wide spectrum of religious traditions whohave mounted a state-wide campaign calling on all like-minded faith leaders tospeak out against the amendment. More than two hundred clergy members andother religious leaders, representing a broad coalition of religious voices,have already signed onto Florida Clergy for Fairness' public statement urgingvoters to oppose Amendment 2 since its inception less than 3 weeks ago (textof the statement is at www.flclergyforfairness.org.)

Florida Clergy for Fairness members believe that people of faith andgoodwill can and do disagree about what constitutes marriage, but that thisamendment would endorse one religious view over all others and impose it onall Floridians by constitutional fiat.

Rev. Miller Evans offered the following statement:

"Amendment 2 clearly is a response to the fear by some that America, asthey see it, looks different to them and may change from where they arecomfortable. It is an attempt to homogenize us into a single world view. Thesuggestion of supporters of Amendment 2 that this amendment will strengthentraditional family values does not recognize the reality that our religiouscommunities have no unified agreement about what defines traditional familyvalues.

"America is at its best when we embrace the diversity of our culturalbackgrounds, racial complexity, and multiplicity of values. Central to ourhistoric standing has been to remain strong in the separation of church andstate. I oppose Amendment 2 which would take away the conversation of strongmarriage and healthy relationships from the religious communities and wouldnarrowly restrict our view through legislative action."

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