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How to approximate marriage rights

Published December 1, 2008, 4:23 am, Orlando Sentinel

The passage of Amendment 2, adding the ban of same-sex marriage to the Florida Constitution, underscores the patchwork of legal documents needed by gay and lesbian couples for some semblance of the rights and protections afforded married couples.

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