A  !1.@Times New Roman------ 2 n`0 Florid  2 n 0 a Sex Laws     2 n0    2 `U0 http://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=View%20Statutes&Submenu=1&Tab=statutes           2 0  @Times New Roman------- @ !S`- @Times New Roman------ 2 ` 0 Last update:   2 0   2 0 9/7/2014  2 0    d2 `;0 Send all corrections, updates and professional opinions to:   2 0    2 ` 0 director@line  2 0 - 2 0 family.info   2 0   ---  2 `0     2 `0     2 '`0    2 A`0 From:    2 A0    M2 \`,0 http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/marriage      2 \0 - 2 \0 rulings  2 \0 - 2 \0 in  2 \0 - 2 \0 the  2 \0 - 2 \0 courts  2 \0    %2 v`0 Brenner v. Scott    2 v0    G2 `(0 August 21, 2014 4 Federal Court Ruling      2 g0    J2 `*0 Federal court decision declaring that same     2 m0 - [2 s50 sex couples in FL have the freedom to marry and that      >2 `"0 marriages legally performed in oth     g2 ==0 er states must be respected. Ruling stayed pending appeal to       >2 `"0 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.     2 80     2 `0    72 `0 Florida State Marriage Cases     2 0    G2 `(0 July/August 2014 4 State Court Rulings       2 d0    2 9`X0 In July and August, 4 marriage rulings were issued in state court in 4 counties. In two       2 9 0 rulings,    2 L`^0 judges struck down marriage bans altogether; in one, a judge ruled that marriages between same          2 L0 -  2 ^`_0 sex couples legally performed in other states must be respected in Florida; and in a fourth, a       a2 p`90 judge narrowly ruled that a widower's marriage to his dec      =2 p!0 eased husband must be respected.    2 p0    #2 `0 The four cases:   2 0    h2 `>0 In Re Estate of Bangor (8/5/14, impacting Palm Beach County);           2 0    [2 `50 Brassner v. Lade (8/4/14, impacting Broward County);        2 0    I2 `)0 Pareto v. Ruvin (7/25/14, impacting Miami        2 p0 -  2 v0 Dade County);    2 0    :2 `0 Huntsman v. Heavilin (7/17/14,      12 /0 impacting Monroe County).     2 0     2 `0     2 )`0     2 D`0    2 ^``0 November 4, 2008: Florida voters approve a ballot measure that amends the state constitution to         22 p`0 limit marriage to opposite     2 p0 - p2 p C0 sex couples and ban civil unions. The amendment says, Inasmuch as          C2 `%0 marriage is the legal union of only o    d2 H;0 ne man and one woman, no other legal union that is treated       2 `P0 as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.      2 O0     2 `0   "Systemu 44 luqu` u @4 --  00//..