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LISTEN: Edie Windsor's Message for Fla. Gov. Rick Scott
Written by: SUNNIVIE BRYDUM
The woman whose lawsuit effectively dismantled the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, clearing the way for the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage, has a few words for one Republican governor stubbornly refusing to let marriage equality come to his state.
LISTEN: Edie Windsor's Message for Fla. Gov. Rick Scott
Written by: SUNNIVIE BRYDUM
The woman whose lawsuit effectively dismantled the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, clearing the way for the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage, has a few words for one Republican governor stubbornly refusing to let marriage equality come to his state.
Moral Mondays Florida vote for a better tomorrow
Written by: ASHLEY WHITNEY
Fight For Marriage Equality Comes Down To Key Decision Friday
Written by: Lauren Munsey
It is a critical day for the marriage equality movement in the Sunshine State.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has until midnight tonight to respond to a federal judge's request to lift a stay and allow marriage licenses to be issued to same-sex couples in Florida.
The decision coming days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of five circuit court rulings that found state gay marriage bans unconstitutional.
BREAKING: AG Bondi Seeks To Delay Marriage in Florida...Again
Equality Florida Calls On AG Bondi To Let Marriage Come To Florida
AS FRIDAY DEADLINE NEARS, EQUALITY FLORIDA CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI TO LET MARRIAGE EQUALITY COME TO FLORIDA
Group asks Bondi not to oppose lifting stay in marriage decision

Florida AG wants high court ruling on same-sex marriage
Written by: Gary Fineout
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has repeatedly called it her duty to defend the state's ban on gay marriage, now wants the state's highest court to decide whether the constitutional amendment is legal.
Bondi's office filed a request late Monday with the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami that asks the court to immediately send two consolidated cases to the Florida Supreme Court for a decision. In both cases, judges declared the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
Lee County's leave policy leaves same-sex couple in the lurch
Written by: Melanie Payne
Patty Chafatelli and Bonnie Bahr were married last year in Washington. Saturday was their one-year anniversary. What should have been a happy day was marred by grief. The two Cape Coral women were in New Jersey, making final arrangements for Chafatelli's mom Dorothy who died Oct. 10.
Bahr, who works for Lee County, has missed a week of work. And she needs to stay longer because the wet weather delayed the scheduled burial in the family plot in New Jersey, as Dorothy had wished.
