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    Judge Allows Same-Sex Marriages to Start in Florida

    Miami-Dade today became the first county in Florida to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Tomorrow, the rest of the state will be able to follow suit. This morning, state Judge Sarah Zabel lifted a legal stay on a sweeping decision she made last July — declaring a voter-passed ban on same-sex unions discriminatory.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 5, 2015 • 1 min read

    Miami-Dade today became the first county in Florida to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Tomorrow, the rest of the state will be able to follow suit. This morning, state Judge Sarah Zabel lifted a legal stay on a sweeping decision she made last July — declaring a voter-passed ban on same-sex unions discriminatory. Andrew Koppelman is a professor of law at Northwestern University.

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      Warren Olney

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      Andrew Koppelman

      Northwestern University

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    President Obama's 'Fourth Quarter'
    1. 1:47Judge Allows Same-Sex Marriages to Start in FloridaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:33President Obama Says, "I'm Not Done"
    3. 43:31Could an Exiled Russian Oligarch Be Planning a Revolution?
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