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Same-sex marriages to begin in Miami, hours before rest of Florida
Source: Reuters
Same-sex marriages to begin in Miami, hours before rest of Florida
BY ZACHARY FAGENSON
MIAMI Mon Jan 5, 2015 12:55pm EST
(Reuters) - A judge ruled same-sex marriages could begin in Miami-Dade County on Monday, just ahead of gay couples being able to tie the knot statewide after midnight when Florida becomes the 36th U.S. state to allow people of the same sex to wed.
Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel lifted a stay on her earlier decision finding the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. A federal judge had already ordered same-sex marriage licenses to be issued in the rest of the state starting Tuesday.
Zabel's order set off cheers and tearful embraces at a packed courthouse in Miami, where at least two couples planned to get married as soon as their paperwork was processed.
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BY ZACHARY FAGENSON
MIAMI Mon Jan 5, 2015 12:55pm EST
(Reuters) - A judge ruled same-sex marriages could begin in Miami-Dade County on Monday, just ahead of gay couples being able to tie the knot statewide after midnight when Florida becomes the 36th U.S. state to allow people of the same sex to wed.
Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel lifted a stay on her earlier decision finding the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. A federal judge had already ordered same-sex marriage licenses to be issued in the rest of the state starting Tuesday.
Zabel's order set off cheers and tearful embraces at a packed courthouse in Miami, where at least two couples planned to get married as soon as their paperwork was processed.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/05/us-usa-florida-gaymarriage-idUSKBN0KE1BI20150105
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I almost wish I had reason to go to the government office today. I want to see this stuff!
Ha! 
One by one, homophobic fundies are losing.
I think by the end of 2015, marriage equality will be a reality in all 50 states.