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Orlando’s gay commissioner: GOP ‘loaded those bullets with hatred’
City commissioner Patty Sheehan calls out the shallow support of Governor Rick Scott and Senator Marco Rubio.
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After Orlando: A tale of two Floridas
Florida’s Key West is one of the most gay-friendly places in the country. The Florida Panhandle (many locals call it the Redneck Riviera) is a different story.
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Florida gov. Rick Scott chased out Starbucks by furious woman: ‘You’re an a**hole!’
All he wanted was a cup of coffee. What he got was a thorough lip-lashing.
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Florida has new laws on same-sex marriage and a Confederate statue
Governor Rick Scott signed into law language that specifies clergy don’t have to marry same-sex couples — a right many said is already protected under state law and the U.S. Constitution.
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Gay adoption ban stricken from Florida laws after four decades
Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Thursday that removes the language from Florida’s statutes – though the ban hasn’t been enforced for the past five years.
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Florida AG, governor say they will keep fighting to preserve gay marriage ban
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will continue to fight to prohibit same-sex marriage even as other states are allowing it following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ignore their appeals. The court’s decision to turn away appeals from five states prompted the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida as well as lawyers representing same-sex couples on …
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Fla. officials file notice to appeal federal same-sex marriage ruling
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Defendants in two federal lawsuits challenging Florida’s marriage ban filed a notice Thursday that they are appealing the August 21 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle overturning Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Charlie Crist urges Fla. governor not to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
Former Florida governor Charlie Crist, who won this week’s Democratic primary in his bid to return to the governor’s office, sent a letter Friday to GOP Gov. Rick Scott, urging him not to appeal the recent federal court declaring Florida’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
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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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Fla. attorney general: Same-sex marriage would ‘impose significant public harm’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The attorney general of Florida says in court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would disrupt existing marriage laws and “impose significant public harm.”