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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]
The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of unincorporated Miami-Dade County and has broad regional powers to establish policies for Miami-Dade County services. The government provides major metropolitan services countywide and city-type services for residents of unincorporated areas.
In a survey conducted by The Florida Times-Union and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 600 likely Florida voters were asked to name the most important issue determining their vote for president. 2% of those polled named same-sex marriage as their biggest concern, while 26% said it was jobs and the economy, 16% said the situation in Iraq, and 15% ...
News of public record: Marriage licenses, divorces, dissolutions. Gannett. Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian. February 12, 2024 at 5:10 AM. The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in ...
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.
Hey, Curious305: Why did Florida eliminate appointments to get, replace or renew driver licenses in Miami-Dade County? Appointments aren’t eliminated. But they sure are difficult to come by.
John W. Martin (1884–1958), governor of Florida at time of creation of the county: 293.73 163,315: 556 sq mi (1,440 km 2) Miami-Dade County: 086: Miami: 1836: Monroe named Dade until 1997: City of Miami and Francis L. Dade (c. 1793 –1835), Major in the United States Army during the Second Seminole War: 1380.71 2,686,867: 1,946 sq mi (5,040 ...
Miller v. Davis is a federal lawsuit in the United States regarding the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. After the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on June 26, 2015, the county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, Kim Davis, refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple to avoid issuing them to same-sex couples, citing her religious beliefs.