Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel , Palm Beach Post , First Coast News Local government leaders in south Florida don't plan to retreat from offering domestic partnership benefits in the wake of voters' decision last week to rewrite the Florida Constitution to outlaw marriage for gay/lesbian couples and anything similar to it. The broadly-written amendment passed with nearly 62% of the vote. It defines a marriage as the legal union between one man and one woman and also government from offering programs that are the "substantial equivalent" of marriage. Supporters of the constitutional...(read more) ...