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That state's amendment, passed in 2004, states that ``the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.''

The language of Florida's Amendment 2 defines marriage as ``the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.''

Local ordinances, in places like Broward County, Miami Beach, Key West and West Palm Beach, allow both homosexual and heterosexual couples to receive certain advantages typically given to spouses, including health insurance and hospital-visitation rights.

AMENDMENT DEFENSE
But backers of the Florida amendment argue that it won't have any effect on domestic-partner benefits.
''There's no question in my mind that Michigan has very broad language that would preclude domestic partnerships; you can see how overreaching and board the language is,'' said John Stemberger, the state chairman of Yes2Marriage.org. ``We crafted the language here specifically to protect, not exclude, domestic partnerships.''

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