Feb. 9 gay marriage deadline would cause 'mass confusion,' Alabama probate judges argue (al.com) [View all]
By Brendan Kirby
Arguing that Feb. 9 is too soon to make the changes necessary to accommodate same-sex marriages, the Alabama Probate Judges Association has joined Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange in asking an appeals court indefinitely delay a court order mandating the practice.
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David Kennedy, an attorney for plaintiffs Cari Searcy and Kim McKeand, said he thinks granting marriage licenses to gay couples is much simpler than the association is making it out to be.
"I really don't see what is confusing about it," he said. "Probate offices have been issuing marriage licenses for ... a long time."
Kennedy said changing the forms is as simple as crossing out "husband" and "wife" and writing "spouse one" and "spouse two." What's more, he said, it should be a simple matter of printing new forms with the correct information.
"We don't live in the horse-and-buggy days," he said. "If they really need help creating new forms, I'll help them."
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ETA: The comments are surprisingly readable, and some quite amusing (for the best reasons, not the worst)!
"We don't live in the horse-and-buggy days" -- clearly Mr. Kennedy speaks for himself.
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