Broward judge overturns Florida's gay-marriage ban
The Orlando Sentinel
Broward judge overturns Florida's gay-marriage ban
The ruling is the first to recognize gay marriages performed in other states
By Rene Stutzman, Staff Writer
4:29 p.m. EDT, August 4, 2014
A state circuit judge in Broward County today made history, ordering the state of Florida to recognize gay marriages performed in another state.
Circuit Judge Dale Cohen's ruling is the third in as many weeks by a Florida judge who has ruled that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
This one is unique, however, because it's the first requiring the state to recognize a gay marriage conducted elsewhere.
The other two – one July 17 by a judge in Monroe County and another July 25 by a Miami-Dade judge – only required local clerks of court to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples....
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