Florida Counties Just Stopped All Marriages To Avoid Marriage Equality
Once the Supreme Court refused to grant Pam Bondi’s request, a lower court’s overturning of the state’s gay marriage ban stood and the stay that it granted, meant to provide Florida with enough time to appeal the decision, was put on life support. With the stay meant to expire on Jan. 5, gay marriage will start all over the state the very next day.
Florida judge Robert Hinkle stated that courts refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at this point would be in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States. Not to be one-upped, Baker, Clay and Duval Counties have all stated that courthouse weddings will be ceased once marriage licenses are no longer restricted to just heterosexual couples.
Duval County, in fact, won’t perform courthouse weddings at all after Jan. 2. Fortunately, the United States Constitution is on the side of equality, and this means all three counties will still issue marriage licenses as required by law. Fortunately, there are surely churches that will perform the marriages, so who needs a courthouse anyway?
http://reverbpress.com/politics/florida-counties-stop-all-marriages/
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What a shame!
