FLORIDA: Victory For Married Couple Denied Name Change On Driver's Licenses

Via the Orlando Sentinel:

Two gay men from Brevard County who sued the state for refusing to honor their out-of-state marriage and change their names on the driver's licenses on Tuesday won a victory. Scott Wall-DeSousa and Daniel Wall-DeSousa walked out of the Brevard County Tax Collector's office in Palm Bay with new driver's licenses, each bearing their new hyphenated last name. Daniel Wall-DeSousa had stopped driving and cut up his license on Nov. 25 after the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles refused to give him a new one with his married name. "I'm going for a long drive," he wrote in an email Tuesday. The same day, Nov. 25, the couple filed suit in Orlando federal court against the agency and Gov. Rick Scott, accusing them of violating their civil rights.

The couple says they are not dropping their lawsuit against the state. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)