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Almost 1,400 same-sex marriage licenses issued in Florida’s top 28 counties
Almost 1,400 gay and lesbian couples were issued marriage licenses in 28 of Florida’s most-populous counties in the two days since a ban on same-sex marriage was lifted.
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Florida poised to become Deep South’s prime gay wedding destination
With same-sex marriage now legal in Florida, same-sex couples from around the Deep South are crossing state lines as the Sunshine State became a prime regional destination for gay and lesbian weddings still banned back home.
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Florida AG Pam Bondi won’t say if she’ll keep fighting marriage equality
Bondi was sworn into a second term on Tuesday. After the ceremony, she said her top attorneys are still reviewing whether to continue the state’s appeal.
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Midnight brings wedding bells as marriage equality arrives in Florida
Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, and court clerks in some counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples in the early morning hours.
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Florida judge lifts stay, same‑sex marriages begin in Miami‑Dade County
Lesbian and gay couples were wed in Miami on Monday by the same judge who approved their marriage licenses, hours before Florida’s coming-out party as the nation’s 36th state where same-sex marriages are now legal statewide.
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Florida same-sex couples prepare for marriage ban to fall at midnight
Florida’s ban on marriages between same-sex couples is headed for a midnight end, with wedding vows planned around the state.
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Marriage News Watch: January 5, 2015
Marriage equality comes to Florida this week, so why are opponents saying it’s not? Matt Baume reports on what’s really going on, and how they’re still trying to stop the weddings.
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Likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush says marriage should be a state decision
As he considers running for president, former governor Jeb Bush is not offering supportive words about same-sex marriages coming to the state of Florida: “It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision.”
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Meet the other couple at the center of Florida’s same-sex marriage challenge
Steve Schlariet and Ozzie Russ say they never sought the spotlight of social activism, the spotlight found them. In March, 2014, the couple joined a lawsuit seeking marriage equality in Florida.
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Jacksonville law firm to host weddings after courthouse shuts couples out
The firm says it will open it offices to couples who need a place to wed after the Duval County courthouse announced it would close its doors to all weddings rather than allow same-sex ceremonies.