Breaking: U.S. Judge Orders Alabama Official to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

[inanna]

Source: New York Times

FEB. 12, 2015 4:38 PM

MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge here ordered a county official in Mobile to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

With the ruling, Judge Callie V. S. Granade of Federal District Court, enjoined the probate judge in Mobile County, Don Davis, from refusing to issue licenses to gay couples seeking to wed.

“Judge Davis may not deny them a license on the ground that Plaintiffs constitute same-sex couples or because it is prohibited by the sanctity of marriage,” the decision said.

The ruling came shortly after Judge Granade heard arguments from lawyers for four same-sex couples seeking to marry and a plea for clarity from the lawyer of a local probate judge. The decision was expected to send a signal to judges statewide who are caught between a federal ruling and an order from Alabama’s chief justice.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/us/alabama-same-sex-marriage-ruling.html?_r=0

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. Good.

These idiots who invoke "states' rights" don't know about the Supremacy Clause.

[srican69]

2. I am betting that some nincompoop judges/court clerks will continue defying orders

[RKP5637]

6. There will always be some backward element screaming and kicking for no valid reason than

they just can't except change. And for others, I really seriously believe some of them get enjoyment from persecuting others for no valid reason than to have their enjoyment of making others suffer.

[RationalMan]

18. I have not read the order but I believe it was specific to Montgomery County and....

the probate judge there has begun issuing the licenses.

I suspect that should the judge call out the various probate judges they will fold and start issuing the licenses.

They know if they fail to comply a specific, direct order they risk being held in contempt of court, arrested and hauled off to detention.

[Major Nikon]

23. More likely they will simply be brought up on ethics charges and removed from their position

The process has already began for "Judge" Moore.

[RKP5637]

3. Excellent!!!!!!!

[randys1]

4. They MUST be arrested and jailed if they dont comply...we should all DEMAND that

[RKP5637]

7. They should be! It's the SOS as those fighting civil rights in the sixties IMO. n/t

[FLPanhandle]

9. Anyone denied should sue them immediately

Make them pay personally and financially.

They'll change pretty damn quick.

[yellowcanine]

5. In other news, Judge Roy Moore says he "has gay friends."

And some of them might even be black AND gay, no doubt.

[stillwaiting]

15. What a shitty friend he is then.

With friends like him you don't need any enemies.

[47of74]

16. Moore probably has all sorts of fill in the blank friends.

And I bet all of them are his best friends too.

[marym625]

20. fuck that noise

What an ass.

[Gothmog]

8. This is great news

[dbackjon]

10. Good - now arrest any that refuse to comply

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Federal marshals

Enforce the fucking law.

[Cha]

12. YaY! Mahalo inanna!

[sheshe2]

13. KnR! Thank you inanna.

[shenmue]

14. Judge Moore can kiss my ass

[47of74]

17. Get in line.

[Thinkingabout]

19. Some will be kicking and screaming all the way and after same sex is the norm

If they are truthful they will realize just how stupid they appear.

[trof]

21. It's a goddam clusterf#ck circus down here.

Our beloved Guvnuh has come down on both sides of the law.
Like Pontious Pilate, he has washed his hands.
Won't act against probate judges who comply with the law or those who don't.

An ordained minister who showed up at the Atauga County courthouse to marry same sex couples was arrested by the county sheriff (at the behest of the probate judge) for "disorderly conduct".

The taxpayers of Alabama will be paying out for huge lawsuits.
Damn, I love it here.
Even more

[mentalsolstice]

22. I think the Mobile probate judge held out to force the issue

Except for Mobile, all of the other urban areas of AL have complied from the outset, including Montgomery (where the AL Supreme Court sits) and Gadsden, where Roy Moore is from. The federal judge who made the the initial ruling presides in the Southern district, which includes Mobile. I'm beginning to wonder if Mobile County's probate judge held out on purpose (to force the issue) knowing there would be problems between our crockpot chief judge and probate judges who would be confused. To be a probate judge in AL, one does not have to possess a law degree. I have practiced law in AL for a number of years, and would not be surprised if there was a "wink, wink" agreement to hold out and force the issue.

[mountain grammy]

24. They can shove their fucking "state's rights" up their asses..

I, for one, am sick of this nonsense. Tell them all to go home and wait. The rapture will fix everything.

[drray23]

25. are we going to have to send the national guard again ? nt.