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Fla. Const. art. I, § 27

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Constitution of Florida
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October 2026

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Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized. History. — Proposed by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State February 9, 2005; adopted 2008.

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