Florida AG Pam Bondi Wants US Supreme Court to Decide Gay Marriage
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) —
Florida's attorney general is asking state courts to stop considering
same-sex marriage cases until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether
states have the right to ban gay marriage.
Attorney
General Pam Bondi filed two motions on Friday in a state appeals court,
requesting a freeze on appeals of cases concerning the state's
constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Voters approved the
amendment in 2008.
Judges in
four Florida counties have overturned the ban, but no marriage licenses
are being issued because Bondi has appealed each case.
Bondi
says the state will defer to the Supreme Court and that any further
state proceedings are a waste of judicial resources. Utah and Oklahoma
this week asked the Supreme Court to decide the issue.
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