A lawsuit has been filed against the Circuit Court of Duval County and its clerk after a deaf couple say they were unlawfully denied a marriage license.
On Oct. 15, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the day they met, Joel Alfaro and Yusela Machado Silvente, who are deaf, went to the Duval County Clerk of Circuit Court’s office to get their marriage license. According to the lawsuit, Alfaro and Machado Silvente were told that they needed to bring a sign language interpreter with them in order to get a marriage license. The suit states this is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“The shock and awe of it was really overwhelming. It was pretty devastating. And I kept trying to figure out just how it even happened. It was a lot of, ‘You need to do this yourself. This is on you,’” Machado Silvente said through an interpreter.Now, nearly a year later, they are still waiting for their marriage license.
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