New lawsuit calls for Florida to recognize same-sex marriages from other states

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

By Reuters
Thursday, March 13, 2014 17:52 EDT

By David Adams

MIAMI (Reuters) – Eight Florida gay couples backed by a gay rights group have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the state to recognize same-sex marriages in other states, saying their exclusion violates the right to equal protection under the U.S. Constitution.

The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday, comes on the heels of another in January filed by six same-sex couples seeking to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage.

Florida’s refusal to recognize out-of-state marriages “unlawfully denies gay couples many of the legal protections available to different-sex couples,” such as the right to make medical decisions for an incapacitated spouse, access to health insurance and retirement benefits, property protections, and inheritance, the new lawsuit states.

By relegating gay couples “to a second-class status by being barred from marriage,” Florida law violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment to the U.S. constitution, according to the lawsuit filed in Florida’s Northern District.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/13/new-lawsuit-calls-for-florida-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages-from-other-states/

[Nanjing to Seoul]

1. You mean Florida may have to accept the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution

Wow! Think of the children!