Same-sex marriages begin in Miami-Dade County

[brooklynite]

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Source: Miami Herald

Miami-Dade County became the first place in Florida to allow same-sex couples to marry on Monday, half a day before a gay-marriage ban that has been ruled unconstitutional is lifted in the rest of the state.

Weddings began around 1:30 p.m., less than three hours after Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel lifted the legal stay she had placed on her sweeping July decision declaring the ban discriminatory.

Two of the six couples who had sued — Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello of Coconut Grove, and Jeff and Todd Delmay of Hollywood — were the first to be married, by Zabel herself.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article5439081.html

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Judge Zabel marrying couple in her courtroom after lifting stay.

[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[msanthrope]

2. I hope they've invited Pam Bondi. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Indeed

[YOHABLO]

3. Congrats to all LGBTQ brothers and sisters of Dade/Miami wish N.FL was as liberal.

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[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Sweet!

I'm going to the courthouse tomorrow morning with a couple. Wonder if they'll be the first in our county.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. I read that the number of bigoted counties getting out of the civil marriage business altogether

just went up. I think it's over 20 counties now refusing to marry anyone in the courthouse, gay or straight. They lie about the reasons, but everybody knows it is 100% animus against gay American citizens fueling this bigoted action in the county courthouses, and that's all my opinion of course...

[d_legendary1]

7. Someone should make a banner for Pam Blondie

that reads, "Welcome to Miami-Gay County! Enjoy your stay!"