I think the political cycle has a part in this along with Florida having a GOP mahority. In years gone by around this time of year before an election, it is either an issue about abortion, gay mariage, Terri Schivo etc.

 I think the Florida GOP is going to use this issue and the other one about teaching Intelligent Design to motivate the fundamentalist into emotional hate for anything liberal or progressive.

 The GOP has no real political platform except the rhetoric they use and will propagate, until around October, of spin what they claim is wrong with the Left and after that, the last month of campaigning, they will switch to "vote for us because we aren't them".

 They have been doing this crap from Jack Abrahmoff's first days in the late 1980's with "family value's".

 It's the same dance with just a different song.