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Recibe matrimonio gay de Florida residencia permanente en EU

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El permiso de residencia le fue aprobado a Popov de 41 años, un inmigrante de origen búlgaro, luego que su pareja estadunidense Marsh de 55 años, solicitó ese visado y aportó la documentación adecuada.

En declaraciones a la prensa Marsh se mostró feliz de que su país reconozca su matrimonio, aunque lamentó que en Florida éste tipo de uniones no se permitan, por lo que él y su pareja tuvieron que casarse en Nueva York en el 2012.

Florida GOP Rallies Around Marriage Equality as LGBT Community Mobilizes

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Floridians are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic rulings striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and paving the way to restore gay marriage in California — but said the victories are bittersweet.

By a 5-4 majority, the high court on Wednesday overturned DOMA, which has denied federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in states that approve their unions. Florida is not one of them.

For nationwide gay marriage, more battles ahead

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NEW YORK (AP) — Even as they celebrate a momentous legal victory, supporters of gay marriage already are anticipating a return trip to the Supreme Court in a few years, sensing that no other option but a broader court ruling will legalize same-sex unions in all 50 states.

In the meantime, as one gay-rights leader said, there will be "two Americas" — and a host of legal complications for many gay couples moving between them.

St. Pete LGBT residents and their supporters rally for Supreme Court DOMA decision

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Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and sent advocates for equality into a frenzy of celebration. At North Straub Park in downtown St. Petersburg, some 100 members of the LGBT community and their allies rallied despite threatening weather. Among the crowd of purple shirts and rainbow flags, Stacy Blake, executive director of Community Tampa Bay compared the decision to a 1967 ruling that is responsible for her own marriage.