State Representative KEITH FITZGERALD has just arrived back in Sarasota on Sunday after the conclusion of the 60-day Florida Legislative session.

He will speak on this WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 at 7 PM in the auditorium of SELBY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1331 First Street, downtown Sarasota on WHAT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS DONE TO OUR CHURCH-STATE WALL. This is the spring quarter public forum of the Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.  THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR ADMISSION.

At least equally important as what was enacted is what some legislators concerned with keeping religious doctrine out of our laws did to keep several bad bills from passing.  Learn about what happened or might still happen (a special session has been called for June 12) regarding tax credits for religious schools, sectarian prayer in public bodies, stem cell research, abortion restrictions, gay rights,  potential murder charges for foetal death, religious interference in public health vaccination, and other issues. Find out about the stands of Legislative leaders, Governor Crist and others at Tallahassee on church-state separation.  Rep. Fitzgerald was directly involved in most of these issues.

Dr. Keith Fitzgerald was elected to the State Legislature by the voters of Legislative District 69 in November 2006.  He serves on the Legislature’s Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council, the Environmental Protection Commitee and the Ethics and Elections Commitee.  He is a professor of Political Science at New College of Florida.  He earned his PhD in Political Science at the University of Indiana. He and his wife are the parents of six-year-old twins.  Rep. Fitzgerald was directly involved in most of these issues.  His presentation will be informal, and there will be ample time for questions and discussion.

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