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Supreme Court Move Puts Pressure on Florida Attorney General to Drop Gay Marraige Appeals

Groups opposed to the gay marriage ban are asking Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to drop her appeals in several lawsuits challenging the state's gay marriage ban.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is being asked to drop her appeals in several ongoing lawsuits challenging the state's ban on gay marriage.

The request was made Monday by groups opposed to the ban after the U.S. Supreme Court turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions.

Several Florida circuit judges and a U.S. judge in Tallahassee have already declared the state's ban unconstitutional. Bondi and Gov. Rick Scott have appealed those rulings. The judges have agreed to stay their rulings pending those appeals.

Bondi has maintained all along she was waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the issue.

Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida, said his group is filing a request Monday that asks U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle to dissolve the stay he issued in the federal case.

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