GALLERY: Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples
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Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Garlyn and Timm Purcell received a marriage license and shortly after got married outside of the Duval County Courthouse (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Couples wait in line for the Duval marriage license office to open (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Couples wait in line for the Duval marriage license office to open (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples As couples waited in line before the marriage license office opened, there were packets of information and paperwork to look through being handed out by Clerk staff. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples The room that used to be where wedding ceremonies could take place in the Duval County Courthouse is now a marriage license office overflow room. The Duval Clerk of Courts decided to no longer provide wedding ceremonies in part because Clerk staff was uncomfortable performing the ceremony for gay couples. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Stella Lacey and Sarah Katz were the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Duval County (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Stella Lacey and Sarah Katz were the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Duval County (Stephanie Brown)
Same-sex couples Duval County granted marriage licenses for same-sex couples Tuesday. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Couples raise their right hand to swear what they're saying is true as part of the application for a marriage license. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Same-sex couples receive marriage licenses at the Duval County Courthouse on the first full day gay marriage is legal in Florida. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Garlyn and Timm Purcell get married outside of the Duval County Courthouse (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Because the Duval County Courthouse no longer holds wedding ceremonies, this woman set up outside of the Courthouse to officiate weddings. (Stephanie Brown)
Duval Courthouse issues marriage licenses for same-sex couples Because the Duval County Courthouse no longer holds wedding ceremonies, a woman set up outside of the Courthouse to officiate weddings. (Stephanie Brown)