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2. Whatever lets them sleep at night I suppose.

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Fri Mar 22, 2019, 02:42 PM

Mar 2019

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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