MIAMI — A Miami-based appeals court has rejected Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request that two same-sex marriage cases be delayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides the issue nationally.
The 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the cases from Miami-Dade and Monroe counties will move forward.
Bondi’s office appealed rulings from judges in the two counties that declared Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
The decision comes one day after another court, the 2nd District Court of Appeal, asked the Florida Supreme Court to decide the issue statewide.
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Judges in Broward and Palm Beach counties have also found the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters in 2008 to be unconstitutional.
A Tallahassee-based federal judge issued a similar ruling but also stayed its effect pending the outcome of appeals.
Follow these cases: Huntsman v. Heavilin (Monroe) and Pareto v. Ruvin (Miami-Dade)
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