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• Position: STATELINE - Ban on unmarried couples living together - Brief article

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A new Florida law repeals the state's 148-year-old ban on unmarried couples living together. Although the old ban was rarely enforced, a conviction was hardly pain-free: Cohabitation was a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail or a $500 fine. Because of its wording, the old law did not apply to same-sex couples. Supporters of the repeal argued...