Roy Moore Backtracks: Court Order Doesn't Stop Gay Marriage In Alabama
Source: TPM/The Auburn Plainsman
After causing confusion on Monday by stating that an Alabama Supreme Court order would stall gay marriage in the state for 25 days, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore walked back his statement.
"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," Moore said in a Monday statement clarifying his earlier remarks, according to The Auburn Plainsman.
On Monday, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an order stating that the parties in the same-sex marriage case decided by the Supreme Court have 25 days to file a petition to rehear the case. Moore then told AL.com that the order keeps probate judges in Alabama from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples for 25 days.
Human Rights Campaign Legal Director Sarah Warbelow said on Monday that Moore's initial interpretation was incorrect. Moore later told AL.com that while the order does not prohibit probate judges from issuing gay marriage licenses, they will not be forced to issue the licenses in the next 25 days.
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Who squeezed his short & curlies.....
presented to him and to be brought before the federal Appeals court and to explain how he can just willy nilly defy federal law and a ruling-----------------and that goes for all of these "clerk's, and governors and these senators spouting off this stuff.
I sure as hell couldn't do it
