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Friday, July 3, 2015

Court orders Alabama counties to issue same-sex marriage licenses

Court orders Alabama counties to issue same-sex marriage licenses
By Dominic Yobbi on Jul 02, 2015 10:44 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama [official website] on Wednesday issued an order [ruling, PDF] that all Alabama counties must abide by a Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriage. The order says that state probate judges may not discriminate against same-sex couples after the US Supreme Court ruled [JURIST report] that same-sex marriage is constitutional. The order affects all counties that are issuing marriage licenses, but does not affect those that have...   +read more

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