Florida clerks warned criminal charges possible for issuing same-sex marriage licenses

[steve2470]

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/12/16/5535308/florida-clerks-warned-criminal.html

The Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers Association on Tuesday notified members throughout the state they could be “guilty of a criminal act” if they issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Making the issue of gay-marriage in Florida even murkier, the state’s court clerks association notified members Tuesday they could be “guilty of a criminal act” if they issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples if a federal judge’s hold on same-sex marriages expires Jan.5.

“Florida’s Court Clerks & Comptrollers’ duty is to act in accordance with Florida law,” the association said in a statement. “Florida Statutes are unique in regard to prohibiting the issuance of a marriage license to a couple that is not a man and a woman, in that it provides that a Clerk who violates this prohibition is guilty of a criminal act and subject to a fine and/or imprisonment.”

The statement came after the association’s legal counsel, law firm Greenberg Traurig, warned that only the clerk in North Florida’s Washington County — specifically named in the federal gay-marriage lawsuit — would be bound by a ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Tallahassee, who in August found the state’s gay-marriage ban unconstitutional.

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2014/12/16/5535308/florida-clerks-warned-criminal.html#storylink=cpy

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Florida clerks must have a lot of time on their hands

Why don't they do some real work and stop the harassment!

[William769]

2. Utterly fucking ridiculous!

That's all that can be said on this subject.

[steve2470]

3. yep sure is! nt

[shenmue]

4. Boo

Hiss!

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Disgusting.

Shows how far we have to go.

[geomon666]

6. Another example of why I'm so fucking disgusted with this state.

4 more years of this unrelenting stream of bullshit from Pam Bondi and the rest of the psychos in Tallahassee. Can we please cut the state in half already?

[Skittles]

7. stealing elections and murdering unarmed teenagers is OK

BUT NOT THIS!!!

[mercuryblues]

8. +1

[True Blue Door]

9. That sort of threat should serve as an enticement, not a deterrent.

Such is the way all civil rights movements advance.