Milk Nephew to Rally
for Gay Rights in Fla.

Stuart Milk, the nephew of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, is scheduled to speak at a rally in Florida on Monday in support of gay rights. The "Rally in Tally," to take place at the state capital of Tallahassee, is being billed as the largest gay rights gathering in the history of the Sunshine State.

The event aims to highlight nondiscrimination and domestic-partnership bills introduced in the state legislature. The measures come on the heels of Amendment 2, the ban on same-sex marriage and equivalent unions, which voters passed with 62% approval in November.

Despite the success of Amendment 2, recent polls show that 77% of Floridians support extending basic legal rights to unmarried couples.