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Florida Senate Democrats push LGBT‑inclusive non-discrimination bills
A bill adding sexual orientation and gender identity to current anti-discrimination laws is backed by top employers including Walt Disney World.
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Florida House panel OKs bill restricting public restrooms to birth gender
Transgender Floridians would have to use public bathrooms designated for their birth gender, regardless of the gender they now identify with.
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Florida gay man fights jury duty in protest over court’s refusal to allow same-sex weddings
A Florida man who is openly gay is taking a stand against a recent decision in Duval County, Fa., to end end all courthouse weddings rather than allow same-sex weddings.
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11th Circuit puts Ala., Fla. marriage cases on hold pending Supreme Court ruling
A federal appeals court in Atlanta says it won’t act on appeals in same-sex marriage cases until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue.
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Florida Supreme Court asked to define sexual intercourse in HIV case
The Florida Supreme Court will consider the definition of sexual intercourse in a case involving a gay man charged with not letting a partner know he was HIV-positive.
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Lifting Florida’s gay marriage ban allows lesbian couple to be parents
The lifting of a same-sex marriage ban in Florida is giving a Palm Beach County infant the right to call both women in a lesbian couple her parents.
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Florida newlyweds, plaintiffs in gay marriage case to attend State of the Union
Florida newlyweds Todd and Jeff Delmay will attend President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in Washington on Tuesday as guests of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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Fla. couple whose driver’s licenses were cancelled prevail, but won’t drop lawsuit
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in Florida, a couple whose driver’s licenses were cancelled because they used their married names, have has finally received new licenses bearing their hyphenated last name.
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Marriage News Watch: January 12, 2015
It’s been a huge week for marriage equality. Florida became the 36th state with the freedom to marry, judges in three southern states heard oral arguments, and the Supreme Court considered cases from five states.
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Marco Rubio: Courts don’t have the power to strike down gay marriage bans
The potential 2016 presidential candidate said the federal court has undermined the will of Florida voters who approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage six years ago.