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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.”
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ACLU asks court to halt Fla. ban on recognition of out-of-state gay marriages
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed a motion asking a federal judge to immediately stop the state from enforcing laws banning the recognition of lawful same-sex marriages performed out-of-state.
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Judge denies motion by anti-gay group to intervene in Fla. marriage challenge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge has rejected a motion by an anti-gay group which sought to intervene in two lawsuits challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Group seeks to intervene in lawsuits to preserve Florida’s gay marriage ban
MIAMI — The group that pushed Florida’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is intervening in lawsuits filed by gay couples.
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Key West couple files lawsuit challenging Florida’s same-sex marriage ban
KEY WEST, Fla. — A same-sex couple in Key West, Fla., has filed a lawsuit after being refused a marriage license in Monroe County.
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ACLU files federal suit seeking recognition of same-sex marriages in Florida
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Eight same-sex couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Florida to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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Couple files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, this time in federal court.
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Charlie Crist wages populist campaign for Florida governor
MIAMI — When former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist announced he’d run for his old job as a Democrat in 2014, party leaders rejoiced at the prospect of a pragmatic candidate able to win back centrist Republicans and independent voters who had soured on incumbent Rick Scott.
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Fla. Supreme Court settles lesbian couple’s custody battle
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman who donated an egg to her lesbian partner has parental rights to the child and is ordering a lower court to work out custody, child support and visitation arrangements.