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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi |
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says in court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would "impose significant public harm."
Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the state in federal court. The lawsuit argues Florida is discriminating against the couples by not recognizing same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal.
Six years ago, Florida voters passed the Florida Marriage Protection Act, which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman. But since then, 19 states have recognized gay marriages, and federal courts in many states — including Oklahoma, Kentucky, Virginia, Idaho and Texas — have ruled that gay marriage bans are unconstitutional.
Gay marriage is rapidly becoming a civil right, and at this point, the “significant public harm” is being done by states like Florida that cling to constitutionally problematic bans. You’d think Bondi might understand this, especially considering her own non-traditional love life.
Bondi's office says the state has a legitimate interest in defining a marriage as between a man and woman because Florida's voters adopted an amendment in 2008 that banned same-sex marriages.
The filing also says same-sex marriage recognition would create significant problems for the state's pension and health insurance programs.
“She has no children and lives with her 60-year-old eye doctor boyfriend,” council president John Stemberger wrote his members, urging them not to vote for the 44-year-old Bondi.
I guess the point of mentioning her boyfriend’s age was to alert the Florida Family Policy Council members that the state’s top lawyer shouldn't be a twice-divorced and childless woman living in sin with a guy old enough to qualify as a sugar daddy.
Pam Bondi is afraid Gay Marriage, my harm her up coming marriage to her sugar daddy
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