No more weddings at Okaloosa clerk's office

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CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Clerk’s Office will no longer perform weddings.

The office will continue to issue marriage licenses, in accordance with Florida Statutes, at the Okaloosa County Courthouse, 101 E. James Lee Blvd., Crestview; and the Okaloosa County Courthouse Annex Extension, 1940 Lewis Turner Blvd., Fort Walton Beach.

The decision to cease weddings at the clerk's office became effective Jan. 1. 

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop same-sex marriages in Florida; same-sex marriage licenses will be issued starting Jan. 6.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: No more weddings at Okaloosa clerk's office