Jun 27
How DOMA Ruling Affects Florida: ‘We Still Have Quite A Bit To Fight For Here’
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe U.S. Supreme Court delivered historic rulings advancing same-sex marriage on Wednesday, but they won’t send couples shopping for rings, cakes and flowers for weddings in the Sunshine State.
For gays and lesbians in Florida who hope to marry, the law is unchanged, with a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state Constitution. And gay couples who married in states where it’s legal and now live in Florida aren’t suddenly better off.
“I’m sorry to say that it means that we still have quite a bit to fight for here in the state of Florida,” said Elizabeth F. Schwartz, president of the Miami Beach Bar Association and chairwoman of the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association of Miami.
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