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Gay couple sue DMV over driver's license names

A gay couple sued Florida's motor vehicle agency for revoking drivers' licenses they said they received by showing their marriage license from New York.
Daniel and Scott Wall-DeSousa

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A gay couple sued Florida's motor vehicle agency for revoking drivers' licenses they said they received by showing their marriage license from New York.

It's the latest challenge to Florida's ban on same-sex unions.

Daniel DeSousa and Scott Wall married in New York last year and legally changed their last names to Wall-DeSousa through the Social Security Administration.

Daniel successfully changed his driver's license in Brevard County, but when Scott tried there, he was told that his marriage certificate wasn't a legal document in Florida. Scott tried in another county and succeeded.

The couple said when they went public with their new driver's licenses in an interview with an Orlando television station, they received a letter from the DMV saying their licenses had been cancelled.

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