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Fla. Democratic AG nominee promises distinction from Bondi on gay marriage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — George Sheldon, a one-time top official in the Obama administration, easily defeated state Rep. Perry Thurston on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for attorney general. Sheldon moves on to the November ballot, where he will challenge Republican incumbent Pam Bondi and Libertarian candidate Bill Wohlsifer.
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Fla. AG defends fight against same-sex marriage: ‘I’m just getting started’
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is defending her fight against five state and federal court rulings declaring the state’s same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional. Appearing before a group of Republican supporters Thursday — just hours after a federal judge ruled against the ban — Bondi said she took an oath “to defend the Constitution of the state of Florida”…
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Fla. AG wants U.S. Supreme Court to decide if states can ban gay marriage
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s attorney general is asking state courts to stop considering same-sex marriage cases until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether states have the right to ban gay marriage. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed two motions on Friday in a state appeals court, requesting a freeze on appeals of cases concerning the state’s constitutional …
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Florida newspaper: AG Pam Bondi is its ‘Loser of the Week’
The Tampa Bay Times calls out twice-divorced Florida Attorney Genderal Pam Bondi as its “Loser of the Week,” for immediately appealing a South Florida court ruling overturning the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Bondi “is becoming the face of opposition to marriage equality. All signs point to the tide of history rolling over Bondi, who is up for re-election in November.”
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Key West couple’s challenge to Fla. same-sex marriage ban goes to court
KEY WEST, Fla. — A same-sex couple from Key West, Fla., are in court Monday for a hearing on their challenge to Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Aaron Huntsman, 43, and William Lee Jones, 42, filed suit in April in Monroe County after being refused a marriage license. The couple, bartenders at 801 Bourbon Bar in Key West, wanted to marry…
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Sides square off in court over Florida’s same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI — Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the state of Florida and proponents of so-called traditional marriage squared off Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state constitution by voters in 2008. Like similar cases filed across the country, the Florida gay couples’ lawsuit contends that the ban is discriminatory …
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Miami court to hear challenge to Fla. same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI — Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the Equality Florida Institute and the state of Florida are squaring off at a hearing on a lawsuit challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel is scheduled Wednesday afternoon to hear arguments in the high-profile case.
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Fla. AG seeks to defend same-sex marriage ban in two additional lawsuits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose strong defense of the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in federal court has already prompted sharp criticism, is moving to defend the ban in two other lawsuits pending in state courts. Bondi’s office on Tuesday filed motions to intervene in lawsuits that had been filed …
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Fla. AG says she’s just doing her job when she marginalizes gay couples
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is firing back at critics who blasted her assertion in court documents last week that same-sex marriage would “impose significant public harm,” saying she is just doing her job. Bondi, who is twice divorced, said she takes exception to those who have sought to manipulate her brief, trying to make it something it is not.
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Fla. attorney general: Same-sex marriage would ‘impose significant public harm’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The attorney general of Florida says in court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would disrupt existing marriage laws and “impose significant public harm.”