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To: alancarp

Dont consult the attorney. Just dont do it.


46 posted on 02/09/2015 8:23:12 AM PST by Carry me back
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Top Alabama judge orders state to ignore federal gay marriage rulings

February 08, 2015 at 9:11 PM, updated February 09, 2015 at 12:26 AM

"Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore late Sunday ordered all probate judges and employees in Alabama to follow existing state law and not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or recognize same-sex marriages.

Couples across the state are preparing to wed Monday morning, when a stay on same-sex marriages is set to be lifted.

On Jan. 23, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. "Ginny" Granade ruled the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and recognition of same-sex marriages entered in other states was unconstitutional. She issued a stay, putting her ruling on hold until Feb. 9.

Since then, Moore has asserted several times probate judges who issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples would be doing so in defiance of state law.

In his order issued Sunday night, Moore wrote that if any probate judge defies the order, Governor Robert Bentley would have the responsibility of ensuring that state law is "faithfully executed."

He has also said that the judges are not bound by the orders issued in that case, Searcy v. Strange. Instead, he said, probate judges fall under the direct supervision and authority of the chief justice.

He contends that the district court that issued a ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban has not issued an order directed to probate judges, who are not bound by the opinions of that court. ..."

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http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/alabama_chief_justice_roy_moor_4.html

72 posted on 02/09/2015 10:25:21 AM PST by Red Steel
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