Probate Judges Caught Between Competing Orders on Gay Marriage

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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore says probate judges should not be issuing marriage licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year legalizing same-sex marriage.  Moore’s order released yesterday says an earlier state-level directive is still in effect and suggests the U.S. Supreme Court decision only applies to the states specifically mentioned in the case.  A few probate judges have stopped issuing marriage licenses pending advice from attorneys.  Jefferson and Montgomery counties’ probate judges say they’ll continue to grant licenses to all couples.  Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald talks about the situation.

 

 

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