Update: The Tampa Bay Times reports that Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, Franklin, and Pasco counties will also discontinue all courthouse wedding ceremonies. Wakulla County stopped performing ceremonies in October as a cost-cutting measure. According to Bay County’s website, it no longer offers marriage ceremonies, though it is unclear when that policy was changed.Nadine Smith, co-founder and chief executive of the gay rights group Equality Florida, said the clerks’ decision was shocking. “I think it would be outrageous for clerks to change the rules simply because gay couples are getting married,” she said.