Jeff Ronci, left, kisses his partner of 15 years, Juan Talavera, as they hold up their marriage license at the Miami-Dade County clerk of courts office Same-sex couples in Florida's Miami-Dade county have begun to legally marry with couples in other counties across the state set to be able to tie the knot in a few hours' time. The decision by a Miami-Dade judge was made against a background of the US Supreme Court meeting to decide whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry or if the matter can be left to the discretion of individual states. Thirty six of the USA's 50 states plus the District of Columbia now allow same-sex marriage.
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First published: Tuesday, 6th January 2015 - 10:23pm