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Feb 14, 2015 · Officials in 24 Alabama counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday, gay rights advocates said, a day after a U.S. judge ordered one local official to issue licenses to gay couples in accordance with an earlier ruling. The shift means that a majority of Alabama counties are now granting licenses to same-sex couples. It also indicates that defiance to a federal ruling ...
A few days ahead of the first anniversary of the Obergefell decision, the ACLU found that 12 Alabama counties were still not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 11 of these counties issued no licenses at all, either to opposite-sex or to same-sex couples: Autauga, Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Covington, Elmore, Geneva, Marengo ...
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While many counties began issuing licenses to same-sex couples, others resisted, setting the stage for legal and societal upheaval. Facing Restrictions Executive Orders: Governor Fob James’ Stance. Governor Fob James’ executive order in 1996 banning same-sex marriage underscored Alabama’s initial resistance.
Feb 14, 2015 · Of Alabama's 67 counties, 47 are now issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and another three will begin doing so next week, the Human Rights Campaign said, four days after a ruling from U ...
Feb 9, 2015 · Alabama became the 37th state to recognize same-sex marriage Monday, despite its chief justice saying that probate courts should not follow federal rulings on the issue.
Feb 12, 2015 · February 12, 2015 / 5:14 PM EST / CBS/AP. MOBILE, Ala. - The federal judge who overturned Alabama's gay marriage ban ordered a defiant county to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples ...
Feb 10, 2015 · On Monday, 54 of Alabama's 67 counties were not issuing licenses to same sex couples, despite the federal ruling to do so. Alabama judge calls gay marriage ruling an “aberration” 02:53
