D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 1 http://news.yahoo.com/gay-marriage-arrives-alabama-183946121.ht
Associated Press
By KIM CHANDLER
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Joe Babin and Clay Jones have their rings. After
they get their marriage license in downtown Birmingham, a friend will
officiate at their ceremony, which can be held outside thanks to mild
southern winters.
Everything, Babin, said is falling into place for their wedding on Monday,
the first day gay marriage will be legal in Alabama.
"We knew we wanted to do it that day because it's such a huge day for gay
rights. It's such a huge thing for Alabama to finally not be last in
something that is progressive," said Babin.
Alabama on Monday will become the 37th state where gays can legally wed
unless the U.S. Supreme Court orders a last-minute stay of a federal judge's
decision overturning the state's ban on gay marriage.
The ruling brings gay marriage to the Deep South and to a state considered
one of the Bible Belt's most socially conservative. While gay marriage is
legal in much of the nation, over half of the 14 states still enforcing bans
on gay marriage were located in the South, a swath of resistance stretching
from roughly Texas to Kentucky.
Couples are expected to seek marriage licenses at courthouses across Alabama
on Monday morning when the ruling by U.S. District Judge Callie Granade
overturning Alabama's ban goes into effect.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to
put aside the judge's order since justices are expected to decide the issue
of gay marriage on a nationwide basis later this year. As of Saturday, the
high court had not ruled on the request.
Alabama voters in 2006 approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage by a 4-
to-1 margin.
The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions on Friday approved a resolution
expressing "moral outrage, intense grief and strong disagreement over court
rulings that have set our culture in a direction against the biblical
definition of marriage."
"We likewise call upon Alabama Baptists to pray for our state and nation and
to stand strong in support of biblical marriage as the only form that
should be legal in Alabama and throughout our nation," Rick Lance, executive
director, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, said in a statement
Friday.
Pastor Franklin D. Raddish of South Carolina, who led a prayer vigil against
same-sex marriage at the Alabama Capitol, urged southerners to use refuse
to recognize the marriages that he called "from the devil's hell," Raddish
said.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore urged probate judges to refuse to issue
marriage licenses to gay couples, saying he does not think judges are
compelled to issue the licenses.
Monroe County Probate Judge Greg Norris said he expects most probate judges
to issue licenses, although at least one has said he will refuse until he
gets greater clarity from the courts. However, several judges have said they
will stop performing weddings altogether so they don't have to marry gay
couples.
But Babin said he thinks people have an unfair view of the South. Rainbow
flags aren't an uncommon site in the residential areas of Birmingham's
Southside neighborhood where the couple have a hair salon. Their families,
including Jones' parents who are Baptist, are happy for them.
For Babin, 38, and Jones, 40, it's a natural progression. They've been
together 12 years. They have a business, Orbit hair salon that Jones owns
and where Babin is general manager. They have a large house that they hope
to fill with children. Jones would love a "Juno situation" a reference to
the movie where a teen looks for a loving couple to adopt her unwanted baby.
What they didn't have was the legal protections of marriage, he said.
Tori Sisson and Shante Wolfe of Tuskegee plan to camp outside the Montgomery
County courthouse in the hopes of being the first gay couple to obtain a
license in Alabama's capital city. The couple was prepared to camp out on
Jan. 26, until Granade put her order on hold until Feb. 9.
When the news broke on Jan. 23 that the state marriage ban had been
overturned, Sisson said she honestly didn't believe it at first.
"My phone, if it could have exploded, I think it would have. There was just
the really overwhelming sense of love and affection from people who were
happy for us," Sisson said. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | | h*****5
发帖数: 566 | 3 这个AL首席大法官竟敢公然藐视联邦法庭的裁决。
“Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore urged probate judges to refuse to issue
marriage licenses to gay couples, saying he does not think judges are
compelled to issue the licenses.”
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: http://news.yahoo.com/gay-marriage-arrives-alabama-183946121.ht
: Associated Press
: By KIM CHANDLER
: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Joe Babin and Clay Jones have their rings. After
: they get their marriage license in downtown Birmingham, a friend will
: officiate at their ceremony, which can be held outside thanks to mild
: southern winters.
: Everything, Babin, said is falling into place for their wedding on Monday,
: the first day gay marriage will be legal in Alabama.
: "We knew we wanted to do it that day because it's such a huge day for gay
| k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 4 以前我们脚趾丫虽然落后，但总是心理安慰，有阿拉巴马垫底，我们不是倒数第一。
现在连阿拉巴马都比我们先进了。我们脚趾丫真是丢人丢到家了。 | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 太惨了。。。
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】
: 以前我们脚趾丫虽然落后，但总是心理安慰，有阿拉巴马垫底，我们不是倒数第一。
: 现在连阿拉巴马都比我们先进了。我们脚趾丫真是丢人丢到家了。
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 6 现在有些好奇哪个州会成为最后批准同婚合法化。大约不会是GA。弄不好是什么TN甚至
MI这样的地方？另外，现在有些乱套了。也许不应该继续查哪些州同婚合法，而是查哪
些州还不合法。
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】
: 以前我们脚趾丫虽然落后，但总是心理安慰，有阿拉巴马垫底，我们不是倒数第一。
: 现在连阿拉巴马都比我们先进了。我们脚趾丫真是丢人丢到家了。
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 7 螳臂当车是也
【在 h*****5 的大作中提到】
: 这个AL首席大法官竟敢公然藐视联邦法庭的裁决。
: “Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore urged probate judges to refuse to issue
: marriage licenses to gay couples, saying he does not think judges are
: compelled to issue the licenses.”
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 8 现在不是在争第一，而是在争“倒数第一”，反正都能载入史册。//噗
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 现在有些好奇哪个州会成为最后批准同婚合法化。大约不会是GA。弄不好是什么TN甚至
: MI这样的地方？另外，现在有些乱套了。也许不应该继续查哪些州同婚合法，而是查哪
: 些州还不合法。
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 9 你猜谁会最后一个？我说是田纳西或者肯塔基。
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 现在不是在争第一，而是在争“倒数第一”，反正都能载入史册。//噗
| t*******e
发帖数: 2113 | 10 脚趾丫的同志们动作太慢了啊，law suit 送得太晚～
不过也快了！
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】
: 以前我们脚趾丫虽然落后，但总是心理安慰，有阿拉巴马垫底，我们不是倒数第一。
: 现在连阿拉巴马都比我们先进了。我们脚趾丫真是丢人丢到家了。
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