TAMPA The city council's decision two weeks ago to extend Tampa's anti-discrimination laws to include transgender individuals was a move long overdue, its supporters say. To the leaders of evangelical Christian groups, the inclusion of "gender identity and expression" as a protected class under the city's human rights ordinance is an assault on their religious values that they fear will sanction sexually deviant behavior. ...more

November 17, 2009

For years Floridians have benefited from a state Supreme Court that has been level-headed, fair and well-reasoned, with rulings right on the mark far more often than not. The court truly is one of the best in the nation. ...more

July 14, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court says its OK for sex offenders to possess pornography if it's not "relevant" to their "deviant behavior pattern." ...more

July 11, 2008

There's a new cog in the age-old argument of nature versus nurture. Nature proponents will say criminals were born as troublemakers while nurture advocates argue that it's a person's environment that leads them to a life of crime. ...more

May 27, 2008