Florida AG Sees Harm in Recognizing Gay Marriage

[theHandpuppet]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/florida-official-gay-marriage-harm-23928519
Fla Official Sees Harm in Recognizing Gay Marriage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. May 30, 2014 (AP)
By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press

Florida's attorney general contends in recently-filed court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would disrupt Florida's existing marriage laws and "impose significant public harm."...

...Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Republican who was named in the lawsuit along with fellow Republican Gov. Rick Scott and other state officials, earlier this month filed a lengthy response that asks a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit for several reasons, saying a federal court shouldn't rule on a state's marriage laws.

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"Florida's marriage laws, then, have a close, direct, and rational relationship to society's legitimate interest in increasing the likelihood that children will be born to and raised by the mothers and fathers who produced them in stable and enduring family units," Bondi's office said in court documents.

The state's legal position also notes that there would be significant financial and logistical problems for the state's pension and health insurance programs if same-sex marriages were recognized.... MORE at above link.

[theHandpuppet]

1. What a self-serving hypocrite she is.

The former Fox analyst is now on her third marriage but she's going to squawk about gay marriage on the grounds that children should be "raised by the mothers and fathers who produced them in stable and enduring family units"? Of course, having no children of her own I'm sure she's an expert on what children need in a loving parent.

[Louisiana1976]

2. Hah! Hopefully she and her goof of a governor will find their days numbered

in November.

[NCLefty]

3. Yeah I saw that. 2 divorces under her belt and she's in a position to throw rocks at US... SMH...

[Fearless]

4. He sees gay people...