>From The Miami Herald, Friday, November 5, 1993, without permission:

Ruling asked on gay rights issue

TALLAHASSEE - (AP) - Attorney General Bob Butterworth asked the Florida
Supreme Court for an opinion Thursday on the validity of a proposed
constitutional amendment that would bar passage of state or local laws
protecting homosexual rights.

Such opinions are required by the Constitution when sponsors of an
initiative have obtained 10 percent of the signatures needed in a fourth
of the state's 23 congressional districts to get a measure on the ballot
by petition.

The Tampa-based American Family Political Committee has met that
criteria by collecting 43,986 signatures, Secretary of State Jim Smith
informed Butterworth by letter Tuesday. At least 429,428 signatures are
required for placement on the ballot next November.