Alabama Court Orders a Halt to Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
That's 7-1 because Roy Moore abstained from this decision.
It's hard to believe any of these folks think they'll prevail in the end. But in the meantime, I hear all of Canadia is rejoicing at the chance for their southern cousins to be pointing and laughing at someone else.
The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered probate judges around the state to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ruling in direct opposition to a federal judge that the state’s ban on same sex marriage did not violate the United States Constitution.
In a 7-to-1 decision, the court ruled that “Alabama law allows for ‘marriage’ between only one man and one woman,” and that the state’s probate judges “have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law.”
In a 7-to-1 decision, the court ruled that “Alabama law allows for ‘marriage’ between only one man and one woman,” and that the state’s probate judges “have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law.”
That's 7-1 because Roy Moore abstained from this decision.
This skirmish has gone on since Judge Granade ruled in January that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, which 81 percent of voters approved in a 2006 referendum, was unconstitutional.
The night before her ruling was to go into effect, the chief justice of the State Supreme Court, Roy S. Moore, who abstained from voting in Tuesday’s decision, issued an administrative order insisting that the state’s 68 probate judges refrain from issuing the licenses. He based his reasoning in part on the fact that probate judges were not defendants in the case before Judge Granade.
The night before her ruling was to go into effect, the chief justice of the State Supreme Court, Roy S. Moore, who abstained from voting in Tuesday’s decision, issued an administrative order insisting that the state’s 68 probate judges refrain from issuing the licenses. He based his reasoning in part on the fact that probate judges were not defendants in the case before Judge Granade.
It's hard to believe any of these folks think they'll prevail in the end. But in the meantime, I hear all of Canadia is rejoicing at the chance for their southern cousins to be pointing and laughing at someone else.
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