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Florida voters approve same-sex prohibition, and more
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Florida voters went “blue” and chose the Democratic candidates, as anticipated due to the vote along the I-4 corridor and especially in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties on the west coast. At the same time, the voters approved a Constitutional amendment
"In as much as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." [Emphasis supplied]
As had been explained in an earlier post, the emphasized phrase has created confusion and has, in effect, forced subsequent review and clarification by the courts. This is a development that is ordinary anathema to Conservatives. Florida already has a statute, § 741.212, Florida Statutes enacted in 1997, provides, in relevant part
Marriages between persons of the same sex entered into in any jurisdiction, not recognized for any purpose in this state. . . [T]he term "marriage" means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife,
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