With state gay marriage ban lifted, Central Floridians rush to wed
• Central Floridians are among those rushing to wed now that the state’s same-sex marriage ban has been lifted.
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• Central Floridians are among those rushing to wed now that the state’s same-sex marriage ban has been lifted.
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• Starting just after midnight tonight, Florida becomes the 36th state where gay marriage is legal.
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• Florida Family Action says lawsuits against gay marriage in Orange and Osceola Counties will continue.
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• A federal judge has issued an order clarifying his ruling that Florida’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional — and says the ruling applies to the WHOLE state.
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• Gay couples who want to marry in Florida were delighted with Friday’s decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, but the legality of gay marriage licenses is still unclear.
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• A federal appeals court had struck down bans on same-sex marriage in the two states. Officials in Idaho appealed to the Supreme Court following the decision.
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• The court’s refusal of all the petitions related to bans on same-sex marriage means that same-sex marriage will now be legal in 11 states where it had been banned.
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• U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled that sexual orientation has not been found to be a protected class and that the state has a legitimate interest in keeping marriage between a man and a woman.
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• Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would resolve lower court rulings on gay marriage. Bondi spoke Friday at a campaign event in Orlando on a federal judge’s finding that the state’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled the state constitutional ban approved by voters in 2008 violates the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. Bondi has appealed previous rulings striking down the ban in South Florida. “You don’t want rulings all around the country that are different and contrary to each other.” Bondi says she supports the ban because her job includes protecting the state constitution. The Tallahassee judge’s ruling applies statewide. But he issued a stay with his …
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