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(60,536 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2019, 02:35 PM Mar 2019

Alabama lawmakers unanimously voted to stop issuing marriage licenses so gay couples can't get one [View all]

Source: LGBTQ Nation

By Alex Bollinger · Friday, March 22, 2019

The Alabama senate just unanimously voted for a bill that would get rid of marriage licenses because some judges in the state don’t want to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

If the bill is signed into law, Alabama would be the only state where a marriage license would not generally be required to get married.

Instead, couples would get a form to fill out from the state and present that form or an affidavit to a probate judge, who would then record the marriage.

Proponents of the bill say that that’s different because the state is no longer giving permission to the couple to get married, it’s just recording a marriage that happened completely separate from the state.

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/03/alabama-lawmakers-unanimously-voted-stop-issuing-marriage-licenses-gay-couples-cant-get-one/

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Alabama lawmakers unanimously voted to stop issuing marriage licenses so gay couples can't get one [View all] DonViejo Mar 2019 OP

We are long past the time to start publicly calling out homophobes like we publicly call out racists LonePirate Mar 2019 #1

Whatever lets them sleep at night I suppose. Joe Nation Mar 2019 #2

Maybe it isn't the business of the state. The Mouth Mar 2019 #3

this is old news, in that the state has been doing this for the last couple of years. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2019 #63

Excellent The Mouth Mar 2019 #64

Plus....gay marriage won. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2019 #65

YES! YES! YES! The Mouth Mar 2019 #66

didn't they learn anything from kim davis? niyad Mar 2019 #4

Kim Davis is a thief... taking pay for a job she refused to do. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #10

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the bible say that stoning is a remedy for adultery? alwaysinasnit Mar 2019 #13

They don't seem to mention the parts of the Bible that go against their 'beliefs'. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #16

Too true. A lot of cherry-picking going on. alwaysinasnit Mar 2019 #23

Yes, and it also says "no pork or shellfish" jmowreader Mar 2019 #50

Everybody must get stoned! Vacuous Virgina Mar 2019 #54

We are not to disparage Democratic elected officials. LiberalArkie Mar 2019 #20

Kim Davis is not a democrat keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #21

She was while in office and changed to Republican in 2015 LiberalArkie Mar 2019 #26

So? cstanleytech Mar 2019 #28

She left the party in 2015. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #27

dixiecrat. kentucky has more registered democrats than Republican but that's JI7 Mar 2019 #57

Too much cussing keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #11

Not just "Do your M-f*cking job," but be mindful that if you don't do the job, it could come with alwaysinasnit Mar 2019 #12

Trying cut back on my outrage intake. . . Collimator Mar 2019 #5

That was one of the half way proposals Buzz cook Mar 2019 #6

formally recognized by the state keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #7

I would argue that recorded is not the same thing Buzz cook Mar 2019 #14

They will probably fight over it in court. I think if it is written into the law, it would mean rec keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #15

Hissy fit aside, it's actually not a bad compromise. Girard442 Mar 2019 #8

WHY is there even a need to "compromise" ?? Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #41

So you're against states legalizing pot then, right? Jedi Guy Mar 2019 #49

Ohhh, you got me on that one, Jedi Guy. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #55

It wasn't a "gotcha" attempt, just pointing out the inconsistency in your position. Jedi Guy Mar 2019 #56

I didn't mean that you were doing the "gottcha" thing. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #58

Seems the gay folks have to go looking for judge who approves of same sex marriages......... riversedge Mar 2019 #9

So I am assuming that anyone that married outside of Alabama (e.g., a gay couple) and has the ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #17

I recommended this because we need to keep track of what the hate first asses are doing. lark Mar 2019 #18

So DU Lawyers...and Soc Security Experts irisblue Mar 2019 #19

3 - What will this do to state and federal income tax schedules.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #40

Social Security is federal not state right? So probably nothing provided the surviving spouse has cstanleytech Mar 2019 #42

Hetrosexual married people don't need to create wills to prevent douche relatives irisblue Mar 2019 #43

Even heterosexual couples should have written wills drawn up to prevent arguments or at least cstanleytech Mar 2019 #44

Why do you need a marrige license in Alabama Miigwech Mar 2019 #22

So if I wanted to be in a plural marriage.... Xolodno Mar 2019 #24

Assholes BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #25

So they will only recognize as legal marriages that PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #29

accidental progressive legislation from Alabama - get the state out of all marriages. Fine. EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #30

That was my thought. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #32

That's my take The Mouth Mar 2019 #36

Indeed. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #45

They are so wrong... BlueJac Mar 2019 #31

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. As I ... Whiskeytide Mar 2019 #33

Why would a self-righteous probate judge record the marriage and Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #34

So, a person handing you a piece of paper and you getting a patricia92243 Mar 2019 #35

Seems like the couple could just go down to the courthouse, LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #59

If it means NOBODY there can get married, then that's fair enough for me. . .. BigDemVoter Mar 2019 #37

I remember when the state's required blood tests and certain family relatives sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #38

Confused here! bluestarone Mar 2019 #39

It's a good compromise Jake Stern Mar 2019 #46

Sounds fine actually Wabbajack_ Mar 2019 #47

FYI, there are 8 Democrats in the Alabama Senate. briv1016 Mar 2019 #48

Another conservative solution in search of a problem. Thomas Hurt Mar 2019 #51

Will every probate judge be required to record every marriage form they receive? Or will they petronius Mar 2019 #52

That was my first question too. Seems like a gaping hole here. bitterross Mar 2019 #53

Republicans in many states promised this, but Hortensis Mar 2019 #60

The bill passed unanimous though Polybius Mar 2019 #61

To solve a procedural problem, Polybius, created Hortensis Mar 2019 #62