Florida Agenda

TALLAHASSEE—U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle has released his promised ruling on New Year’s Day declaring that all Florida county court clerks have a legal duty to begin issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples who request them beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 6. His announcement clarified his previous order that Florida’s same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional. He […]

By Richard Hack TALLAHASSEE—At 10 p.m. last evening, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, acting in her role as the attorney for Chad Poppell, Florida’s Secretary of the Department of Management Services, followed court instructions to clarify the state’s Clerks of the Court’s role in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples beginning January 6. Basically, Bondi […]

WASHINGTON, DC–Over the dissents of two Justices, the Supreme Court late Friday afternoon refused to delay — beyond January 5 — a federal judge’s order that would permit same-sex couples in Florida to marry after that day, according to Supreme Court reporter Lyle Denniston, who interpreted the ruling for the SCOTUSblog. Neither the apparent majority of […]

By RICHARD HACK / TALLAHASSEE, Fl. — Just weeks after a federal court denied Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request to extend a stay on same-sex marriages in the state, she has tossed what is her final tool in an on-going effort to prevent gay unions from becoming legal in Florida that were set to […]

By Cliff Dunn Riddle me this: How does one of the most-seen guys in the Gayborhood turn into the Invisible Man practically overnight? “Open a restaurant,” Bryan Nosal jokes. The owner of Kingpins Pizza & Wings in Wilton Manors is celebrating one year in business (okay, so it hasn’t been exactly “overnight”), and what a […]