In love and sperate to marry: gay Alabama uple nied by a judg' revolt | Alabama | The Guardian

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• GAY MARRIAG ALABAMA ULD (SLIGHTLY) IMPROVE STATE'S FANC, EXPERTS SAY
• GAY MARRIAGE ALABAMA BEGS, BUT ONLY PARTS
• ALABAMA HALTS GAY MARRIAG AFTER RULG
• SUPREME COURT WON'T STOP GAY MARRIAG IN ALABAMA
• FOR GAY UPL ALABAMA, ’S ‘ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK,’ SAY WOMEN WHO SUED FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY
• GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS ALABAMA TURN TO FERAL URT
• ALABAMA JUDGE DEFI GAY MARRIAGE LAW
• ALABAMA GAY MARRIAG ALLOWED AFTER SUPREME COURT ORR
• IN LOVE AND SPERATE TO MARRY: GAY ALABAMA UPLE NIED BY A JUDG' REVOLT

GAY MARRIAG ALABAMA ULD (SLIGHTLY) IMPROVE STATE'S FANC, EXPERTS SAY

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTViotranscripttranscriptGay Weddgs Held Parts of AlabamaSame-sex upl wed Birmgham on the first day that Alabama issued same-sex marriage licens. SOUNDBITE (English) Jam Dansby, Gay marriage opponent:. — Dpe a feral judge’s lgs legalizg same-sex marriage, most probate judg Alabama on Monday refed to issue marriage licens to gay and lbian upl, latg a legal showdown that echoed the battl over segregatn here the 1960s.

GAY MARRIAGE ALABAMA BEGS, BUT ONLY PARTS

Although urt officials some of the state’s largt ci — cludg Birmgham, Huntsville and Montgomery — quickly issued marriage licens to same-sex upl, up to 52 of Alabama’s 67 unti, acrdg to the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign, cled to procs the required was unclear how many of the judg were actg out of overt fiance and how many were simply weighg how to navigate a hly jumbled legal landspe after Chief Jtice Roy S. Tori Sisson, left, and Shante Wolfe after beg married Montgomery Ala., where same-sex marriag went forward after the Uned Stat Supreme Court nied the Alabama attorney general’s requt to further lay a lg that overturned the state’s ban on gay Anrson/Associated PrsSli 1 of 8 Tori Sisson, left, and Shante Wolfe after beg married Montgomery Ala., where same-sex marriag went forward after the Uned Stat Supreme Court nied the Alabama attorney general’s requt to further lay a lg that overturned the state’s ban on gay Anrson/Associated PrsTo some, cludg Jtice Clarence Thomas, who offered a spired dissent, the failure to orr a stay was the strongt signal to date that the urt is likely to tablish a natnwi right to same-sex marriage.

ALABAMA HALTS GAY MARRIAG AFTER RULG

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay Marriage Alabama Begs, but Only Parts. Opn: Gay marriage is Alabama judge’s latt battle. — The curta abptly fell Wednday on Alabama’s brief experiment same-sex the state, all 48 unty probate offic that had been issug marriage licens to same-sex upl cid they uld no longer do so, acrdg to a survey by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group.

The night before, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a lg orrg the probate judg to ply wh an existg state ban on same-sex marriage — even though the ban had been led unnstutnal by a Feral District Court 134-page lg on Tuday, rid by gay rights supporters and cheered by opponents, once aga phed this nservative state to nfg and largely uncharted legal terrory, raisg plex qutns of state and judicial thory even as officials grappled wh one of the most cendiary civil rights qutns of the day. ” The shift fortun for same-sex upl was pecially noticeable Birmgham, Alabama’s largt cy, where ls than a month ago gay rights supporters held a celebratory news nference on the steps of the unty urthoe.

SUPREME COURT WON'T STOP GAY MARRIAG IN ALABAMA

” But many probate judg fied his orr, and gay upl were allowed to wed much of the nservative groups, the Alabama Policy Instute and the Alabama Cizens Actn Program, filed a petn wh the State Supreme Court askg to halt same-sex a telephone terview, Mr.

Cooper, a Birmgham lawyer, said gay rights supporters were “workg on a strategy now to overe what has occurred, ” and he predicted “signifint ligatn. ” He cled to say how quickly same-sex marriage supporters might return to analysts and lawyers for gay rights groups said challeng uld take var forms.

FOR GAY UPL ALABAMA, ’S ‘ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK,’ SAY WOMEN WHO SUED FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Alabama Halts Gay Marriag After Rulg. Supreme Court refed Monday to step and stop gay marriag om takg place Alabama. The move sent the strongt signal to date that the jtic are on the verge of legalizg gay marriage natnwi.

Supreme Court, askg that put a hold on gay marriag the state until the jtic rolve the unrlyg gay marriage issue a set of s already schled to be argued later this term. The actn provoked wispread speculatn among urt observers that the oute of the gay marriage dispute is "a done al" favor of allowg such unns every state.

Dissentg om the urt's refal to temporarily block same-sex marriag Alabama were jtic Anton Slia and Clarence Thomas, who said the refal to tervene "would be been as a signal" of how the urt ultimately tends to ci the gay marriage issue later this term. In fact, the urt did that a year ago when lower feral urts began to ci gay marriage s, first Utah, and then, Virgia. In November, however, the 6th Circu Court of Appeals upheld bans on gay marriage Oh, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennsee, so there was a nflict among the lower urts — a nflict that the Supreme Court has agreed to rolve later this term.

GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS ALABAMA TURN TO FERAL URT

Now is siarly ratnal to fer the cisn to let gay marriag proceed Alabama is a pretty strong ditor of where the Supreme Court is head. His dramatic nontatn wh the feral urts over gay marriage provoked one wag to suggt that Moore sounds like someone "who is still awag news om Gettysburg. But the pro-gay marriage Human Rights Campaign reported that as many as 50 of the state's 67 unti were refg to issue licens.

Kay Ivey for her several years a few nservative probate judg Alabama have refed to issue marriage licens to anyone so they don't have to issue them to gay and lbian Hoe of Reprentativ voted 67-26 for the bill that would replace marriage licens wh a new form lled a marriage certifite. Greg Albrton, the sponsor of the bill, said he proposed the change so people n obta marriage documents every Neil Rafferty, the only openly gay member of the Hoe, said the proposal was "born out of prejudice.

ALABAMA JUDGE DEFI GAY MARRIAGE LAW

Current Alabama law says probate judg "may" issue marriage, but don't force them to do same-sex upl obtaed the legal right to marry, about a half dozen of Alabama's 68 probate judg cled to issue licens so they would not have to give them to gay W Allen, a Republin om Pike County, was one of the judg who ma that cisn. Gay upl who are relig say they rent Bible beg ed as reason to oppose same-sex marriage.

ALABAMA GAY MARRIAG ALLOWED AFTER SUPREME COURT ORR

Two feral urt cisns had cleared the path for same-sex marriag to beg eight days earlier, only for Chief Jtice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court to direct all probate judg to refe marriage licens to gay upl. Homosexualy, he claimed, is a choice. Lewis, 28, who hails om a Latter-Day Sats fay Payson, Utah, knew he was gay around puberty.

IN LOVE AND SPERATE TO MARRY: GAY ALABAMA UPLE NIED BY A JUDG' REVOLT

“For the longt time, I hated myself for (beg gay). Beg gay is natural. They didn’t live together sophomore year, but they eventually grew closer as iends.

So to rep: Told most of their liv beg gay is abhorrent to God, Carmichael and Miller seek God’s blsg before ung wh one another as many Alabama e God’s word to st what Carmichael and Miller feel their hearts as s. To be clear, Williams’ parents love him, if not that he’s gay.

Civil rights groups are askg a feral urt to step and allow gay marriag to ntue Alabama.