Howard Simon

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Sandra Newson, left, talks to reporters as Denise Hueso, listens during a news conference in Miami Beach, Fla. on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Howard Simon, Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, announced that eight gay couples and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Florida to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Newson, who is a plaintiff in the lawsuit along with wife Denise Hueso, said the couple moved from Miami to Massachusetts so they could get married in 2009. They adopted a son, now 15, who has cerebral palsy and they decided to move back to South Florida, where they had more family to help care for him. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)