Posted on 06/29/2015 2:14:48 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is walking back previous remarks implying that a new court order will delay same-sex marriages in the state for 25 days.
Same-sex marriage advocates had argued that the order has no tangible effects thanks to a federal injunction.  In May, a federal judge ruled that the state's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional and stayed her opinion until the Supreme Court ruled on the issue. Moore initially told the Alabama Media Group that the state court's order Monday for a hearing within 25 days would effectively table Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage.
“What the order means is that within that 25-day period no [probate judge] has to issue a marriage license to a same sex couple,” Moore said.
In a later statement, Moore said the order only calls for motions or briefs "addressing the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges
"In no way does the order instruct probate judges of this State as to whether or not they should comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
It is not walking back. It is clarifying. Roy Moore is the most firmly planted social conservative alive. I suppose anything is possible, but I can’t believe he would ever bend when there is the slightest alternative to do otherwise.
Good one!
Haha!
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