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Staff ReportsMarch 2, 2016

The Florida House voted 82-37 to approve an amended version of a bill (HB 43) that protects clergy members and pastors who refuse to perform gay marriage. The bill was amended Tuesday and some gay rights organizations have dropped their opposition to it. Carlos Guillermo Smith, governmental affairs manager for Equality Florida, said in a […]

Mitch PerryAugust 13, 2015

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Although same-sex marriage has been legal since the first week of 2015, a new lawsuit contends the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics refuses to allow hospitals to list both same-sex parents on their baby’s birth certificate. Three married same-sex couples, including one based in St. Petersburg, and the LGBT activist group Equality Florida have filed […]

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Florida sued for refusing to list both same-sex parents on birth certificates