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FLORIDA ALLOWS SAME SEX MARRIAGE

♠ Posted by Marc J. Soss at Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Florida has become one of the thirty-six states, including 70 percent of the nation's population, which now allow gay marriage. From South Carolina up the East Coast, court rulings and legislatures have gradually opened the door to same-sex weddings. A state court ruling in Pareto v. Ruvin allowed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses on January 6, 2015.