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Confusion over start of gay marriages next month in Florida
Source: Reuters
Confusion over start of gay marriages next month in Florida
BY BILL COTTERELL
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:07pm EST
(Reuters) - Florida court officials, citing confusion after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend a stay on the state's same-sex marriage ban, agreed on Monday to ask a federal judge to clarify where gay couples may begin to tie the knot next month.
When the stay expires after Jan. 5, it is unclear if weddings are permitted beyond the one county in northern Florida that was named in the case appealed to the high court.
On a conference call on Monday, the state's clerks of court were "close to unanimous" in agreement that same-sex marriages would become legal only in rural Washington County, said Bob Inzer, the clerk in Leon County in Tallahassee.
The ruling "does not apply to the clerks of the state’s other 66 counties," agreed Ronnie Fussell, the clerk in Duval County in Jacksonville, noting in a statement that clerks could face a fine and jail time for issuing marriage licenses in violation of state law.
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BY BILL COTTERELL
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:07pm EST
(Reuters) - Florida court officials, citing confusion after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend a stay on the state's same-sex marriage ban, agreed on Monday to ask a federal judge to clarify where gay couples may begin to tie the knot next month.
When the stay expires after Jan. 5, it is unclear if weddings are permitted beyond the one county in northern Florida that was named in the case appealed to the high court.
On a conference call on Monday, the state's clerks of court were "close to unanimous" in agreement that same-sex marriages would become legal only in rural Washington County, said Bob Inzer, the clerk in Leon County in Tallahassee.
The ruling "does not apply to the clerks of the state’s other 66 counties," agreed Ronnie Fussell, the clerk in Duval County in Jacksonville, noting in a statement that clerks could face a fine and jail time for issuing marriage licenses in violation of state law.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/23/us-usa-florida-gaymarriage-idUSKBN0K022M20141223
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These idiots.
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