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Heather Brassner asked a state court to dissolve a civil union she had entered into with Megan Lade in Vermont in 2002. On August 4, 2014, Broward County Circuit Judge Dale Cohen ruled that Florida's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples and its refusal to recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions were unconstitutional.
In the survey, 54% said that same sex marriage should be legal, while 33% were opposed. 13% had no opinion. [36] A December 2012 Quinnipiac poll found voters almost evenly divided on the issue of same sex marriage. 45% of Florida residents opposed it, while 43% were in favor of it. Whites(45/44), Hispanics(46/44), Democrats(58/31), Independents ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since January 6, 2015. Discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations is outlawed following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County. In addition, several cities and counties, comprising about 55 percent of ...
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Broward County (/ ˈ b r aʊ. ər d / BROURD, BROW-(w)ərd) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States , with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census . [ 7 ]
Houston Municipal Courts (2001–2008); 215th Civil District Court of Harris County (2009–2012); 334th District Court in Harris County (2012–2020) Texas: lost reelection: Carol Kuhnke [75] Washtenaw County Trial Court (2013– ) Michigan: active: William G. Kocol [64] National Labor Relations Board (Administrative Law Judge: 1992–2013 ...
County [5] Dates [5] Etymology [5] Fate [5] Benton County: 1844–1850 Thomas Benton (1782–1858), U.S. Senator from Missouri who supported the Armed Occupation Act of 1842 that many Floridians wanted in order to evict Native Americans: Original name of county was Hernando County, and the name was changed back to that in 1850 Dade County: 1836 ...