The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 4, 2015 Alabama Poised to Become 37th State to Allow Same-Sex Marriage --------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama is poised to become the 37th state to allow same-sex marriage. A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the state's request to stay a lower court ruling that struck down its same-sex marriage ban. The ban will remain in effect until Monday as the state appeals to the Supreme Court. .