Florida will keep fighting for gay marriage ban

Published October 8, 2014 12:28am ET



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will continue to fight to prohibit same-sex marriage even as other states are allowing it following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ignore their appeals.

The court’s decision to turn away appeals from five states prompted the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida as well as lawyers representing same-sex couples on Tuesday to ask a federal judge in Tallahassee to allow same-sex marriages.

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