Defense of Marriage Act reversal falls short in Florida
While marriage equality supporters across the country celebrate today’s Supreme Court decision, Florida’s same-sex married couples are left out.
Supreme Court justices voted 5-4 to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to married same-sex couples, but did not address state laws that invalidate same-sex unions.
Florida has both a state statute and an amendment to its constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman and declaring invalid same-sex marriages entered into in other states.