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And in Alabama.....some are s fighting it there too
Marriage Equality Resumes in Alabama, Despite Roy Moore Marriage Equality Resumes in Alabama, Despite Roy Moore | Advocate.com
Same-sex couples in Madison County, Ala., can once again obtain marriage licenses, after a Wednesday order from the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court briefly halted the issuance of such licenses, reports AL.com, a website for several Alabama newspapers.
Marriage equality advocates rallied outside Huntsville's Madison County courthouse Wednesday after a probate judge announced that he would adhere to the administrative order from the state's top justice, and only issue marriage licenses to opposite-sex couples.
Roy Moore, the stridently antigay chief justice of the state's highest court, on Wednesday issued an order telling county clerks not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, claiming the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality ruling from June did not apply to Alabama.
But by Thursday morning, AL.com reports, Madison County Probate Judge Tommy Ragland had resumed issuing marriage licenses "to everyone." Huntsville TV station WAFF reports that one same-sex couple received a marriage license Thursday morning.