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February 13, 2015

Federal Judge Orders Enforcement of Marriage Equality in Alabama 
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A federal judge has ordered the enforcement of her earlier decision
striking down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage. The ruling went into
effect this week, but the state's Supreme Court justice, Roy Moore,
sowed confusion after ordering judges and officials to ignore it. The
new ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Callie Granade was directed to
just one judge in Mobile County but is seen as a signal to judiciaries
across the state. Judges in just one-third of Alabama's 67 counties have
issued marriage licenses to LGBT couples so far. With the new federal
ruling, Mobile County resident Marc Stewart said he intends to marry his
partner.

Marc Stewart: "We go to church every Sunday. We work like regular folks,
and we go and pay our taxes. We go home and watch TV like everybody
else. And this is just our town, and we just want to be recognized in
this town as being us. I've been with him 18 years, and, yeah, he's
going to be stuck with me now."

 

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