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06-28-2013, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by janmcn
As it stands right now, the Supreme Court decision will not help you once you move to Florida. Since 2008, Florida's Constitution has banned same-sex marriage. Gov Rick Scott, reacting to the rulings, said: "It impacted the federal law, not state law...As the governor of this state, I'll uphold the law of the land, and that's the law of our state".
So, once you leave NH, you will be back to square one, unless the FL Constitution is changed or somehow congress acts to make this a country wide law.
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It will only be needed to be challenged in federal court once. I think that was already stated. It is now the law of the land.
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