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Florida Officials Appeal Ruling That Declared Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
This guy Scott is an evil jerk and a crook! Bastard! A real creature!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/florida-officials-appeal-ruling-that-declared-same-sex-marri
State officials in Florida filed appeals Thursday to a federal court ruling that found the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples unconstitutional.
LGBT advocates and marriage equality proponents had urged Republican Gov. Rick Scott to leave the Aug. 21 ruling unopposed in court. With no appeal in the cases, Brenner v. Scott and Grimsley v. Scott, advocates had hoped same-sex couples would be able to marry in the state as soon as later this month.
Attorneys at the ACLU of Florida, which brought one of the cases to court condemned Scott’s ultimate decision to appeal the ruling, saying continuing to bar same-sex couples from marrying harms families.
“[Gov. Scott] has the power to end this now, yet he has chosen to perpetuate the second-class status of lesbian and gay couples,” said ACLU of Florida staff attorney Daniel Tilley. “State officials are only delaying the day when all Florida families are given the respect, dignity and responsibility that come with marriage. We will not rest until the marriages of all of Florida’s loving couples are recognized.”
The appeals were filed in court by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who represents two state officials — Craig J. Nichols, secretary of Department of Management Services, and Florida Surgeon General John H. Armstrong — in both the Brenner and Grimsely cases, as well as Washington County Clerk Craig Harold Bazzel in the Grimsely case. Bondi, too, has defended the ban, opposing legal challenges to it in cases across the state.
LGBT advocates and marriage equality proponents had urged Republican Gov. Rick Scott to leave the Aug. 21 ruling unopposed in court. With no appeal in the cases, Brenner v. Scott and Grimsley v. Scott, advocates had hoped same-sex couples would be able to marry in the state as soon as later this month.
Attorneys at the ACLU of Florida, which brought one of the cases to court condemned Scott’s ultimate decision to appeal the ruling, saying continuing to bar same-sex couples from marrying harms families.
“[Gov. Scott] has the power to end this now, yet he has chosen to perpetuate the second-class status of lesbian and gay couples,” said ACLU of Florida staff attorney Daniel Tilley. “State officials are only delaying the day when all Florida families are given the respect, dignity and responsibility that come with marriage. We will not rest until the marriages of all of Florida’s loving couples are recognized.”
The appeals were filed in court by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who represents two state officials — Craig J. Nichols, secretary of Department of Management Services, and Florida Surgeon General John H. Armstrong — in both the Brenner and Grimsely cases, as well as Washington County Clerk Craig Harold Bazzel in the Grimsely case. Bondi, too, has defended the ban, opposing legal challenges to it in cases across the state.
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I want him to be toast in November! Six years of this asshole ruining our State is enough! 
