FLORIDA: State Has Until Friday To Oppose Motion To Lift Marriage Ban

Via Orlando's Watermark:

“The day after the Supreme Court denied review in the marriage cases before it, we filed a motion with Judge Hinkle in Tallahassee explaining why the stay in our case should be lifted and our clients’ marriages should be recognized immediately,” said Daniel Tilley, the ACLU of Florida’s staff attorney for LGBT rights. That motion set an Oct. 24 deadline for the state to file a response to the request. “If Judge Hinkle indicates he will lift the stay, he will very likely give the State an opportunity to ask the Eleventh Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the stay in place,” Tilley said. “If the stay is lifted, couples married out of state will have their marriages immediately recognized in Florida, and same-sex couples will be able to marry right here in Florida.” If the stay remains, Tilley said they’ll have to get relief from the Eleventh Circuit.

RELATED: Last week Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi reversed course and asked the state Supreme Court to rule on marriage cases out of Monroe and Miami-Dade counties.