FLORIDA: Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiffs Lead Key West Fantasy Fest Parade

Via press release:

Two fighters for the Florida Keys' same-sex marriage equality led Saturday night's lavish Fantasy Fest Parade in Key West, capping 10 days of masking and costuming events in the festival that ended Sunday. Parade grand marshals Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones won a landmark court ruling overturning Florida's statewide same-sex marriage ban for Florida Keys residents. A subsequent appeal by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi means they still can't marry, but their parade float proclaimed their desire to tie the knot. "Our float was designed for us. It's a wedding cake with the rainbow over top of it symbolizing the marriage equality that we're aiming for," said Jones, who rode atop the float with Huntsman while 33 other couples in wedding attire marched beside it. "I hope that our appearance as grand marshals of Fantasy Fest will show the rest of the state, and our state attorney general and our governor, that we're all one human family and that we need equality now," said Huntsman. "And no more wasting taxpayers' money. Let's get it done."

On Friday, Bondi filed a last minute motion against lifting the stay issued by a federal court in Tallahassee.