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Florida asks judge to decide who can issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked a federal judge to clarify whether clerks in all counties can issue marriage licenses to gay couples starting next week.
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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 29, 2014
Something big’s going to happen in Florida next week, we just don’t know what yet, and the Supreme Court is going to examine multiple marriage cases in early January.
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Florida newspaper calls Pam Bondi a ‘modern-day Anita Bryant,’ names her ‘loser of the year’
The Tampa Bay Times cites Bondi’s “relentless defense” of the state’s same-sex marriage ban, which has been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge and four state judges.
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Florida court won’t allow divorce for same-sex couple who married in Iowa
The court ruled that a same-sex couple married in Iowa cannot get a divorce in Florida in a case that did not challenge the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Wrangling continues over Florida clerks’ obligation to federal gay marriage ruling
The memo advises that a federal ruling striking down Florida’s gay marriage ban compels and permits Court Clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples beginning January 6, 2015.
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Florida county asks federal judge to clarify same-sex marriage ruling
The county at the center of Florida’s same-sex marriage debate is asking a federal judge to clarify his order and scope of ruling declaring the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Florida court clerks, marriage equality advocates prepare for legal showdown
Equality Florida warns that “clerks who fail to heed the federal court ruling declaring the ban unconstitutional will end up in a costly legal battle” after a law firm advises clerks that the ruling striking down Florida’s gay marriage ban only applies to the one county named as a defendant.
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Florida man gets 30 years in prison for murder of transgender woman
Kentz Vernes Louis, 23, was convicted of murdering Ashley Sinclair, whose body was found April 4, 2013, in a wooded area in Orange County, Fla.
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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 22, 2014
Florida clerks can start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in January — but if they do, they could risk arrest and jail time.
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block same‑sex marriages in Florida
Marriage equality is coming to Florida… the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend a stay past Jan. 5 of a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.