{"id":9546,"date":"2014-10-09T09:34:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T09:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=9546"},"modified":"2014-10-09T09:50:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T09:50:33","slug":"married-florida-recognizes-first-same-sex-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/10\/married-florida-recognizes-first-same-sex-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Married: Florida recognizes first same-sex couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Arlene Goldberg and her late wife, Carol Goldwasser, officially became the first same-sex couple whose marriage is respected by Florida.<\/p>\n<p>US District Court Judge Robert Hinkle ordered the State of Florida to issue a new death certificate for Carol Goldwasser, naming Arlene Goldberg, her partner of 47 years, as her wife.<\/p>\n<p>Arlene was a plaintiff when the ACLU filed a motion of preliminary injunction in April asking the court to immediately stop enforcing laws barring legal respect for marriages between same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Arlene received that newly-issued death certificate, making her and her late spouse the first same-sex couple to have their marriage recognized in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s hard to put into words how meaningful this is to me,&#8221; said Goldberg. &#8220;For 47 years, Carol and I made our lives together, all the while being treated like strangers in the eyes of the law in Florida. It\u2019s bittersweet that Carol isn\u2019t here to share this joy with me, but for the first time in 47 years, our marriage was respected. Our relationship and commitment to each other is finally recognized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/equalityflorida10814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/equalityflorida10814-300x47.jpg\" alt=\"equalityflorida10814\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/equalityflorida10814-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/equalityflorida10814.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nadine Smith, CEO of Equality Florida, said, &#8220;The Supreme Court has sent a clear message this week that there is no good reason to continue excluding same-sex couples from marriage. It\u2019s time for Governor Scott and Attorney General Bondi to use their power as top elected officials in our state for the good of all Floridians. Families in Florida should not have to wait another day, and we renew our call on them to drop their appeals and let marriage for all couples move forward in the Sunshine State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/eqfl.org\/firstmarriage\" target=\"_blank\">Equality Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/9546\" data-num-posts=\"10\" data-width=\"700\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arlene Goldberg and her late wife, Carol Goldwasser, officially became the first same-sex couple whose marriage is respected by Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[10288,468,1144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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