Skip to content

Karen Weintraub

Florida Federal Judge Has Ruled on the Ban of Same-Sex Marriages

On August 21, 2014, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Tallahassee ruled that Florida’s gay-marriage ban is, in fact, unconstitutional. This is the first decision rendered by a court of this State that actually has a statewide impact. This Federal Judge ordered the State of Florida to allow same sex couple to marry and to recognize legal same sex marriages performed out of state. The Florida Attorney General’s office has until September 22, 2014 to decide whether to bring this matter before the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, GA. However, in the interim, Judge Hinkle did stay the effects of most of his ruling, pending appeal.Read More »Florida Federal Judge Has Ruled on the Ban of Same-Sex Marriages