Federal judge in Alabama orders county to wed gay couples
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge in Alabama has ordered Mobile County to start issuing gay marriage licenses.
U.S. District Judge Callie Granade made the ruling after a brief hearing Thursday.
Granade overturned the state's ban on gay marriage last month and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop gay marriages from beginning Monday
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an 11th hour order telling probate judges in the state they didn't have to hand out licenses, causing confusion. Many probate judges, including the one in Mobile County, refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
Some judges wouldn't give out licenses to anyone, including heterosexual couples.
Hundreds of gay couples have wed in Alabama this week, the 37th state to allow same-sex marriages.
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge in Alabama has ordered Mobile County to start issuing gay marriage licenses.
U.S. District Judge Callie Granade made the ruling after a brief hearing Thursday.
Granade overturned the state's ban on gay marriage last month and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop gay marriages from beginning Monday
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an 11th hour order telling probate judges in the state they didn't have to hand out licenses, causing confusion. Many probate judges, including the one in Mobile County, refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
Some judges wouldn't give out licenses to anyone, including heterosexual couples.
Hundreds of gay couples have wed in Alabama this week, the 37th state to allow same-sex marriages.
Will be interesting to see how it plays out. Whether the Judges will fold or not. I think Moore just wanted to get his name back into the spot light as the Judge that defiles federal orders as he did once before, then he was removed from the bench.
Every State Judge knows that they have to follow a Federal Judges rulings and there should be sanctions placed on the Judges that still would not issue marriage license to same sex applicants. You can tell that some knew it was wrong that is why they stopped issuing licenses altogether.
