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Associated PressJanuary 1, 2015

A federal judge says that Florida’s county court clerks have a legal duty to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but he has stopped short of ordering them to do so. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a ruling Thursday in Tallahassee federal court responding to requests to clarify his previous order that Florida’s same-sex […]

Associated PressDecember 31, 2014

A Florida judge on Wednesday gave the clerk of courts in Orlando the green light to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples starting next week. Circuit Judge Timothy Shea also said in his order, which applies only to Orange and Osceola counties in metro Orlando, that a federal judge’s decision that the state’s ban on […]

Julie DelegalDecember 30, 2014

Chutzpah. That’s what Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has. Not for accepting lavish vacations from the lobbyists who fund the Republican Attorneys General Association. No, that’s a whole ’nother column. AG Bondi has the chutzpah to pretend, for the sake of politics, that Florida’s Clerks of Court are exempt from obeying the United States Constitution. U.S. […]

Associated PressDecember 30, 2014

A conservative group on Tuesday sued a county clerk of courts, Orlando’s mayor and a judge in an effort to stop them from helping same-sex couples get married in Florida next week. The lawsuits filed by the Florida Family Action, Inc. asked a judge to prevent the officials from either officiating or issuing marriage licenses […]

Associated PressDecember 29, 2014

Gay couples whose challenge to Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage led it to be declared unconstitutional say that clerks in all Florida counties should be able to issue marriage licenses to gay couples starting next week. Attorneys for the couples wrote in a motion filed late Monday that all of Florida’s 67 clerks of court […]

Associated PressDecember 19, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to block gay marriages in Florida, the latest of about three dozen states allowing same-sex weddings. In a one-paragraph order, the court decided not to step into the Florida case. A federal judge previously declared Florida’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional and said same-sex marriage licenses could start […]

Associated PressDecember 19, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to block gay marriages in Florida, the latest of about three dozen states allowing same-sex weddings. In a one-paragraph order, the court decided not to step into the Florida case. A federal judge previously declared Florida’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional and said same-sex marriage licenses could start […]

Associated PressDecember 17, 2014

The association representing Florida’s 67 court clerks warned Tuesday that a federal judge’s ruling overturning the state ban on same-sex marriage only applies now in one Panhandle county. Lawyers for the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers said in a statement Tuesday that Washington County is the only place named in the federal lawsuit. […]

Associated PressDecember 3, 2014

A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to extend past Jan. 5 a hold on a ruling that declared Florida’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, possibly bringing same-sex weddings one step closer to reality. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said Wednesday it will consider the substance of the state’s appeal on an […]

Associated PressDecember 3, 2014

A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to extend past Jan. 5 a hold on a ruling that declared Florida’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, possibly bringing same-sex weddings one step closer to reality. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said Wednesday it will consider the substance of the state’s appeal on an […]

Tag: Gay marriage

Judge: Clerks have duty to issue same-sex marriage licenses

Judge green lights same-sex marriage in Orlando

Julie Delegal: No ban on Pam Bondi’s chutzpah

Conservative group tries to stop gay marriages

Deadline for gay marriage briefs was Monday

Supreme Court won't stop gay marriages in Florida

Supreme Court won’t stop gay marriages in Florida

Clerks: US gay marriage order affects 1 county

U.S. court won't extend Florida gay marriage stay

U.S. court won’t extend Florida gay marriage stay