What Florida's 'Don’t Say Gay' bill actually says

Contents:

• WHAT IS THE FLORIDA LAW REGARDG GAY MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE?
• GAY MARRIAGE FLORIDA – LEGAL OR NOT?
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL THE STATE OF GEIA, BUT ARE YOU ACTUALLY MARRIED?
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

WHAT IS THE FLORIDA LAW REGARDG GAY MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE?

In January, Florida beme the 36th state where gay marriage is legal.

GAY MARRIAGE FLORIDA – LEGAL OR NOT?

A Florida Gui for Gay Marriage Divorce. Sce gay marriage is a relatively new ncept unr the law, when a divorce happens between same-sex upl, the urts are alg wh this the bt way they know.

When to Alimony or Child Support, the same l apply to both heterosexual and homosexual upl. As you n see, there are some unique challeng that are gog to be faced when alg wh divorce of gay upl.

The legal effect of Supreme Court cisn is to allow the appellate urt cisns to stand – now legalizg gay marriage a handful of stat. This is a huge victory for the Gay and Lbian muny Florida.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

” Augt 5th, 2014 – Palm Beach Judge Diana Lewis entered an orr allowg gay spoe Jason Simpson to be a personal reprentative the tate of his hband, Frank Bangor – spe the fact that Florida’s nstutnal ban would not normally allow this type of regnn. At that time, sger Ana Bryant and others led a succsful mpaign that rulted the repeal of a lol ordance that banned discrimatn agast gays and lbians and had plans to achieve siar rults several other ci. Twenty years later, 1997, Florida’s legislature aga took actn limg the rights of gays and lbians by adoptg s own versn of the feral Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

GAY MARRIAGE

04(1) vlated the Due Procs Clse that they nied gay and lbian dividuals the fundamental right to marry.

Hodg, 1 the cizens of Florida now have a firm answer to the qutn, “Is gay marriage legal?

4 The Uned Stat Supreme Court has firmly tablished that all gay Floridians are entled to the same benefs of marriage/divorce as heterosexual Floridians. While is anticipated that gay Floridians will no longer have trouble obtag a marriage license or dissolvg their marriag, is not far-fetched to expect that some ernment employe/officials unfaiar wh the new law of the land or otherwise personally opposed to same-sex marriage may still hr same-sex upl om exercisg their newly tablished rights.

GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL THE STATE OF GEIA, BUT ARE YOU ACTUALLY MARRIED?

Consequently, gay Floridians should unrstand that they may still face some unique “bumps the road” when alg wh matrimonial issu and should nsir ntactg an attorney if they enunter ristance to the exercise of their rights. 5, 2015As of Tuday, gay upl will be permted to get married Florida. Many are gearg up to issue licens to gay upl and perform weddg ceremoni on Tuday after the feral stay ends.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

Tuday and issue Pas County clerk will issue licens but will not perform any marriage ceremoni for gay or straight upl. Alli for Equaly Florida, a civil rights group for lbian, gay, bisexual, trangenr and queer rints, have troduced repeal proposals every year sce the 2015 U.

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial. ” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist.

For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te.