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Key West couple’s challenge to Fla. same-sex marriage ban goes to court
KEY WEST, Fla. — A same-sex couple from Key West, Fla., are in court Monday for a hearing on their challenge to Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Aaron Huntsman, 43, and William Lee Jones, 42, filed suit in April in Monroe County after being refused a marriage license. The couple, bartenders at 801 Bourbon Bar in Key West, wanted to marry…
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Sides square off in court over Florida’s same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI — Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the state of Florida and proponents of so-called traditional marriage squared off Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state constitution by voters in 2008. Like similar cases filed across the country, the Florida gay couples’ lawsuit contends that the ban is discriminatory …
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Miami court to hear challenge to Fla. same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI — Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the Equality Florida Institute and the state of Florida are squaring off at a hearing on a lawsuit challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel is scheduled Wednesday afternoon to hear arguments in the high-profile case.
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Former Fla. governor Charlie Crist files brief in support of marriage equality
MIAMI — Former Florida governor Charlie Crist on Friday filed an amicus brief in support of the marriage equality in a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The suit, Pareto v. Ruvin, was filed in January in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on behalf of Equality Florida Institute and six same-sex couples, and is one of four lawsuits challenging …
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Fla. AG seeks to defend same-sex marriage ban in two additional lawsuits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose strong defense of the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in federal court has already prompted sharp criticism, is moving to defend the ban in two other lawsuits pending in state courts. Bondi’s office on Tuesday filed motions to intervene in lawsuits that had been filed …
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Orlando city council supports overturning same-sex marriage ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s city council has voted to support overturning Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. City council members approved Mayor Buddy Dyer’s proposal to file a friend of the court brief in a lawsuit set for a hearing early next month in Miami.
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Miami Beach to offer transgender healthcare benefits for city workers
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The City of Miami Beach will be the first municipality in Florida to offer transgender benefits to city employees. The city commission voted unanimously last week to offer the coverage, which takes effect in October.
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Fla. gay rights group endorses Charlie Crist for governor
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Florida’s largest gay rights advocacy group has endorsed Democrat Charlie Crist for governor. The endorsement is a boon for Crist, who still faces some skepticism from Democratic activists who consider his political conversion dubious.
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Why would LGBT ally Jonah Hill let fly with a gay slur?
Jonah Hill is winning points for what appears to be a sincere apology for hurling a gay slur at a paparazzo he says was harassing him. But the insult the actor hurled last week still raises the question: Why would someone like Hill, for years a vocal supporter of the LGBT community, use such a word? Even in a moment of anger?
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Fla. judge says three anti-gay groups can’t intervene in same-sex marriage suit
MIAMI — A judge in Florida ruled Tuesday that three anti-gay groups who oppose marriage equality for same-sex couples cannot intervene as parties in a state court lawsuit challenging Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel said the groups cannot enter the case as parties simply because they have strong beliefs about same-sex marriage.