Around 250 demonstrators gathered outside downtown St. Petersburg’s red-brick First United Methodist Church where Crist, 52, and Carole Rome, 39, were married. It was the second marriage for both.
Some held up signs of protest, while others wore pink T-shirts with black decals on the front and back that read “Congratulations Governor Crist. When can I get married?”
The demonstration was organized by a group called Impact Florida, which opposes Amendment 2, a ban on same-sex marriage that was added to the state’s Constitution in last month’s election.
“Our goal is to have marriage for all Floridians,” said the group’s director, Lorna Bracewell. “There’s not a pleasant way of bringing out injustice and there’s no version of protesting injustice without hurting somebody’s feelings.”
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