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She lifted that stay on January 5, 2015, ordering Miami-Dade County to issue licenses to same-sex couples, which county officials began doing around noon that day. [38] The first same-sex couples began marrying in the state on January 5, 2015. Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello, plaintiffs in Pareto, were the first couple to marry in Florida. [39]
City of Miami: Residents of the county or at least one partner employed by the county. Both opposite- and same-sex couples. [106] City of Miami Beach: No residency requirement. Both opposite- and same-sex couples. [107] Miami-Dade County: Residents of the county or at least one partner employed by the county. Both opposite- and same-sex couples.
Before the legalization of same-sex marriage in Florida in January 2015, same-sex couples were able to have their relationships recognized in some Florida localities that had established a legal status known as domestic partnership. Same-sex marriage in Florida became legal on January 6, 2015, as a result of a temporary injunction issued by a U ...
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, left, smiles as she visits another service provider during the Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services Department’s Office of New Americans ...
[4] [5] This lawsuit resulted in Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel's finding that Florida's same-sex marriage ban deprived same-sex couples due process and equal protection under the law, and in the ordering of Miami-Dade County to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [6]
[11] [failed verification] Both residents of, and visitors to, Miami Beach have been able to register as domestic partners since 2004; [14] in 2008 this benefit was extended to all of Miami-Dade County. [15] In 2010, the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, with support from the City of Miami Beach, opened an LGBT Visitor Center [16 ...
Miami-Dade County (/ maɪˈæmiˈdeɪd /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [ 4 ] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. [ 7 ] It is Florida's third largest county in terms of ...
v. t. e. Florida Amendment 2 is an amendment made to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex marriage.