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The Respect for Marriage Act does not require states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but it does require states that ban same-sex marriages to recognize these marriages as long as the marriage was valid in the state where it was performed.
As Republican lawmakers and right-wing media figures have singled out the LGBTQ community with hateful rhetoric, children’s hospitals have faced bomb threats, armed extremist groups have targeted drag-related events, and LGBTQ individuals have been assaulted and now murdered in a mass shooting that left five dead.
"Thanksgiving tables will have empty chairs this week. Holidays will have missing faces. These are the costs of hate violence," Equality Florida said in a statement.
Vote is expected Wednesday on bipartisan legislation that would enshrine marriage equality into federal law.
The governor has made criticizing such treatments for minors a routine part of his reelection campaign, often referring to the procedures in graphic terms during rallies and speeches.
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The funding is part of a program to fight online radicalization, violent extremism, and other hate-based calls to violence.
Created “mostly to recognize the dignity and the respect for each other,” the measure was rejected in the nation's fourth largest school system.