Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:36:38 -0500 (EST) From: Diane Henderson Subject: *M*: Florida Bill Against Same-Sex Marriage Florida Anti- Same-Sex Marriage Bill Backed by the Christian Coalition, Florida Representative Buddy Johnson (R-Plant City) submitted House Bill 2369 on March 5, 1996, the opening day of the 1996 Florida Legislature. The bill follows: +{ }+ represents underlined; words underlined are additions -{ }- represents stricken; words stricken are deletions House Bill hb2369 292-170-2-6 HB 2369 A bill to be entitled An act relating to marriage; creating s. 741.215, F.S.; providing that marriages solemnized in any other country, state, or territory, if valid, are valid in Florida; providing specified exceptions; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 741.215, Florida Statutes, is created to read: +{741.215 Validity of foreign marriages.--A marriage solemnized in any other country, state, or territory, if valid where solemnized, is valid in this state, unless it is a marriage:}+ +{(1) That would be prohibited and declared void in this state pursuant to s. 741.04; or}+ +{(2) Between parties who are related to each other within and including three degrees of consanguinity.}+ Section 2. Section 741.04, Florida Statutes, reads: 741.04 Marriage license issued.--No county court judge or clerk of the circuit court in this state shall issue a license for the marriage of any person unless there shall be first presented and filed with him an affidavit in writing, signed by both parties to the marriage, made and subscribed before some person authorized by law to administer an oath, reciting the true and correct ages of such parties; unless both such parties shall be over the age of 18 years, except as provided in s. 741.0405; and unless one party is a male and the other party is a female. Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 1996. -------------------- Representative Johnson's mailing address is: The Honorable Buddy Johnson Florida House of Representatives The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399 Diane Henderson Tallahassee, FL email: diane39@polaris.net or rdh1019@freenet.tlh.fl.us ******************************************************************************* To send a message to the entire list "marriage", email marriage@abacus.oxy.edu To unsubscribe, send a message 'unsubscribe marriage' to MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. To subscribe, send a message 'subscribe marriage' to MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. *******************************************************************************