“It was super exciting but we also saw that at the time Amendment 2 had passed, codifying into our constitution what already existed in the statutes, which was that marriage should be defined as a man and woman. It was the night that, of course, President Obama won the election,” she says. She also remembers election night in 2008. “But she came around very quickly and fiercely.” We’re Jewish and she definitely had that goal of wanting to see me under the chuppah, the wedding canopy, with a nice Jewish boy. “It took my mom a little longer to come around. “I remember coming out and my dad feeling like … it broke his heart that I had something that I couldn’t say sooner,” she says. Supreme Court held in a 54 decision that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to grant same-sex marriages and recognize. Elizabeth Schwartz is a Miami Beach native and attorney, and she’s been one of South Florida’s fiercest warriors for the LGBTQ community.Įlizabeth Schwartz remembers what it was like coming out to her parents. October: GLBC started publishing a monthly newsletter Pride Report. Local 10′s Pride Month series recognizes the progress made in the fight for equality. October: Gay Alliance organized the first social event attended by 125 guests.
