A state judge has just struck down Florida’s same-sex marriage ban in Palm Beach County. This is the fourth state judge to rule against the ban, the third was just yesterday.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Diana Lewis ruled moments ago that Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.Â
Judge Lewis’ “opinion was tied to a probate case surrounding the death of Frank Bangor, a man who owned property in Florida and married W. Jason Simpson in Delaware, where gay marriage is legal,” the Palm Beach Post reports, noting that “Lewis is running for reelection this month.”
Equality Florida notes an important caveat, that today’s ruling “is limited to the facts of this case – meaning it only applies to this plaintiff or for these specific circumstances. No order for clerks to issue licenses. No stay issued.”
An excerpt from today’s ruling:
Just yesterday, a Broward County judge also ruled that the Sunshine State’s same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This is the fourth Florida judge to strike down the ban in just three weeks.
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