GREAT NEWS! Florida House passes HB 1209 by vote of 92-24.

Florida Senate Budget Committee must hear SB 1360 before session ends on March 9th. Click here to send your email to senate leaders. Please urge Budget Chair Senator J.D. Alexander (850) 487-5044 schedule bill.

The 2012 Florida Legislative Session ends on Friday, March 9, 2012.    

Florida bills HB 1209 and SB 1360 titled Application of Foreign Law are intended to prohibit courts from considering certain provisions of foreign laws including Islamic Sharia law.  There are numerous provisions of Sharia law which are inconsistent with Florida statutes.  Sharia law authorizes polygamy, pedophilia and perpetuates violence towards women and death for dishonoring the faith.  HB 1209 and companion bill SB 1360 are significant legislative starts in the right direction to protect Americans from the intrusion of some provisions of Sharia law which are inconsistent with American laws.   Click here to read the full bill.

GREAT NEWS!  HB 1209 just passed the full House of Representatives (March 1st 1:30 PM) by a vote of 92 to 24.  The vote history is posted below following the call to action link.  Your emails made a difference.

SB 1360 has returned to the full Budget Committee after being approved on February 28, 2012 in the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations by a vote of 5-2. 

SB 1360 must be considered by the Senate Budget Committee before it can be placed on the full Senate calendar.   This year’s legislative session ends on March 8, 2012.  TIME IS OF ESSENCE.  

Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send urging Senate President Mike Haridopolos, Senator JD Alexander (Chair Budget Committee) and Senator Joe Negron (Vice Chair Budget Committee) to schedule SB 1360 for a vote in the Budget Committee.

Additionally, Florida Family Association encourages you to call Senator J.D. Alexander at (850) 487-5044 and politely leave a message with his staff encouraging him to schedule SB 1360 Application of Foreign Laws in Certain Cases in the Budget Committee.

To send your email, please click the following link, enter your name and email address then click the "Send Your Message" button.  Because opponents try to use our email system to send opposing messages we NO longer allow for changes in the wording of the subject line or message of the email prepared for you to send to advertisers.

Please click here to send your email urging Senate President Mike Haridopolos, Senator JD Alexander (Chair Budget Committee) and Senator Joe Negron (Vice Chair Budget Committee) to schedule SB 1360 for a vote in the Budget Committee.

The Honorable Representative Larry Metz has championed HB 1209 titled Application of Foreign Laws in Certain Cases through all of the Florida House of Representative committees.  If enacted, HB 1209 would prohibit certain provisions of foreign laws including Sharia law from being considered by Florida courts if they do not afford the same liberties, rights and privileges guaranteed by the Florida and US Constitution.   Thanks to Representative Larry Metz’s outstanding leadership and determination HB 1209 was approved by the full House of Representatives on March 1, 2012 to approve HB 1209 with a bi-partisan vote of 92-24.