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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama risks having young people move away or not move there risking losing top talent!
Most young people I know want nothing to do with Alabama when it makes ruthless decisions like this.
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/03/alabama_supreme_court_alone_in.html#incart_river
Alabama risks being labeled again as being intolerant to others who are different, which encourages young people to move away and makes it difficult to train and retain top talent, Pollitzer said.
"Right now marriage equality is the barometer for tolerance," Pollitzer said. "Singling yourself out as one of the most intolerant states in the country is not good for the economy."
Jen Jones, former communications director for Equality North Carolina, said GOP lawmakers in that state "grandstanded" in opposition to a federal court order on gay marriage. But North Carolina's Democratic attorney general did not appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court did not agree to review it, she said.
"Our state supreme court has not gotten involved in it at all," Jones said.
Alabama has set itself apart in issuing its order in spite of the federal court ruling, Jones said. "I don't think we have seen this in any other state, much less in the South."
While Alabama has been the most defiant, legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be headed towards a ruling in June that will make same-sex marriage available in all states.
"Certainly Alabama stands alone in the degree to which it is resisting," said Randall Marshall, legal director for the ACLU of Alabama which has been involved in bringing federal lawsuits challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
"Right now marriage equality is the barometer for tolerance," Pollitzer said. "Singling yourself out as one of the most intolerant states in the country is not good for the economy."
Jen Jones, former communications director for Equality North Carolina, said GOP lawmakers in that state "grandstanded" in opposition to a federal court order on gay marriage. But North Carolina's Democratic attorney general did not appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court did not agree to review it, she said.
"Our state supreme court has not gotten involved in it at all," Jones said.
Alabama has set itself apart in issuing its order in spite of the federal court ruling, Jones said. "I don't think we have seen this in any other state, much less in the South."
While Alabama has been the most defiant, legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be headed towards a ruling in June that will make same-sex marriage available in all states.
"Certainly Alabama stands alone in the degree to which it is resisting," said Randall Marshall, legal director for the ACLU of Alabama which has been involved in bringing federal lawsuits challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
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Alabama risks having young people move away or not move there risking losing top talent! (Original Post)
RKP5637
Mar 2015
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The entire Deep South is a sewer of ignorance, white hot hatred, and Bible thumping hyocrisy.
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2015
#1
True. Most of the LBGT members of my family are much more financially well off than the rest.
kelliekat44
Mar 2015
#2
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. The entire Deep South is a sewer of ignorance, white hot hatred, and Bible thumping hyocrisy.
All my opinion.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)2. True. Most of the LBGT members of my family are much more financially well off than the rest.
It always amazes me that there are so many members of the LBGT community who vote for and stand by the GOP and ultra RWingers who oppose them on every level.
William769
(55,124 posts)3. Kick & highly recommended. Also check this out.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)4. Excellent, to hopefully get it to a class action! n/t