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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Alabama since June 26, 2015, in accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Not all counties immediately complied with the ruling, copying behavior from the civil rights era when they had refused to perform interracial marriages.
Jul 19, 2022 · The lawsuit didn’t seek to have same-sex marriages performed in Alabama. It challenged the state’s 1998 Protection of Marriage Act and the 2006 Sanctity of Marriage amendment, which prohibited...
As one of the most socially conservative states in the U.S., Alabama is one of the only two states along with neighboring Mississippi where opposition to same-sex marriage outnumbers support. Same-sex sexual activity in Alabama was legalised in accordance with the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision.
May 24, 2019 · Marriage licenses will be replaced by marriage certificates in Alabama. Now conservative judges no longer have to sign marriage licenses for gay couples.
Feb 10, 2015 · Feb. 9, 2015. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Despite a federal judge’s rulings legalizing same-sex marriage, most probate judges in Alabama on Monday refused to issue marriage licenses to gay and...
Feb 9, 2015 · The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to step in and stop gay marriages from taking place in Alabama. The move sent the strongest signal to date that the justices are on the verge of legalizing...
Feb 9, 2015 · In 2006, Alabama voters overwhelmingly passed a ban on gay marriage. Last month a federal court lifted that law, but the state’s supreme court chief justice ordered judges to ignore the...
