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RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 12:22 PM Nov 2014

Florida yet again! AG Pam Bondi Working Overtime to Stop Same-Sex Marriages in Florida

Too bad she doesn't take time to pay attention to her other duties than her kicks by pursing persecution of LGBT! She seems to have a real thing about the pursuit of LGBT and making their lives as miserable as best she can.



http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/11/19/pam-bondi-working-overtime-stop-same-sex-marriages-florida

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has had her hands full lately: she's facing down eight different marriage equality lawsuits, and has been filing briefs at a furious pace to keep gay and lesbian couples from marrying in the Sunshine State.

So far, Bondi has managed to prevent licenses from being issued, but her other victories are few. In one case, a federal judge ruled against the state's marriage ban in August; in two other cases, state judges did the same in July. Another state judge ruled against the ban in August. Numerous other cases seeking the freedom to marry and recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states are pending.

For her part, Bondi asked the federal Eleventh Circuit last Friday to overturn her loss at the lower District Court.

"States have virtually exclusive authority to define and regulate marriage," she wrote. "No fundamental right is at issue here because same-sex marriage is not deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition."

On Monday, Bondi filed an appeal with the state's Third District Court of Appeal. Her filing there is almost identical to the federal appeal.

It's now up to the courts to decide whether to schedule hearings. Announcements about the next steps could come at any time.

Earlier this month, Bondi won re-election. She has since been appointed head of the Republican Attorneys General Association.

Bondi has herself had been divorced twice, and engaged three times. She and her current partner traveled to the Cayman Islands in 2012, where The Tampa Bay Times reports a wedding did not take place, despite photos that appeared to suggest otherwise.
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Florida yet again! AG Pam Bondi Working Overtime to Stop Same-Sex Marriages in Florida (Original Post) RKP5637 Nov 2014 OP
selfish, hateful GOP piglet CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #1
And can all be seen in her expressions and demeanor. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #2
A truly ugly person. Ugliness runs deep and MineralMan Nov 2014 #3
She's just trying to keep people from getting what she can't attain. shraby Nov 2014 #4
She doth protest so much it starts to make me wonder about her. The majority of people RKP5637 Nov 2014 #7
Wasting Taxpayer Money n2doc Nov 2014 #5
She can work all she wants, but it's futile. William769 Nov 2014 #6
Excellent question! It always amazes me how the self-richeous bigots can waste so much money and RKP5637 Nov 2014 #8

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
7. She doth protest so much it starts to make me wonder about her. The majority of people
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 06:18 PM
Nov 2014

in FL from what I understand now have no problem with LGBT, but yet she keeps grinding the axe. Other AG's have seen the ban votes as really unconstitutional, but she persists. Probably will persist all the way to SCOTUS wasting more and more tax payers money and the courts time in her relentless crusade to persecute LGBT and make them as miserable as she can, and for what F'en reason.

William769

(55,145 posts)
6. She can work all she wants, but it's futile.
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 04:43 PM
Nov 2014

I wish someone could come up with a figure of all the States have spent fighting marriage equality and let that be known to the masses. Wasted tax dollars.

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
8. Excellent question! It always amazes me how the self-richeous bigots can waste so much money and
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 06:22 PM
Nov 2014

peoples time on ridiculous and stupid causes, but have little to offer in helping humanity advance with equality for all.

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