Motion filed asking Ala. judges to issue marriage licenses
Source: Associated Press
Motion filed asking Ala. judges to issue marriage licenses
| March 6, 2015 | Updated: March 6, 2015 5:04pm
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A group of civil rights organizations has filed a motion asking a federal judge to order Alabama probate judges to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to add plaintiffs to the suit challenging the state's gay-marriage ban.
The motion filed in Mobile on Friday includes the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and others. The motion asks for Alabama judges to issue marriage licenses regardless of a couple's sexual orientation and to give equal protection to marriages of same-sex couples.
A federal judge in late January ruled that Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. But the Alabama Supreme Court this week ordered probate judges to stop issuing licenses to gay couples, saying the state retains authority over state law, not a federal trial judge.
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