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Despite a federal ruling to issue Same Sex Marriage licenses, at least 51 of 67 Alabama county just simply are not. The Governor Robert Bentley is noted as being "disappointed" in the federal ruling but has decided to do nothing about judges who do decide to issue licenses. The State Chief Justice Roy Moore has since ordered judges to refuse licenses to gay couples. He is a vocal opponent of homosexuality, his defense for his actions being that he does not believe the federal government has the ability to redefine the word "marriage."
Article: https://gma.yahoo.com/most-alabama-...-marriage-033131584--abc-news-topstories.html
I for one, think they are idiots. Especially Roy Moore--his position on this issue is irrelevant, it was a federal mandate and he'd do his best to listen. I'm just waiting for the state to get their pants sued off and this jack ass hopefully removed from his office. Apart from that, his reasoning is just.. weak. Very, very weak. I don't know if he understands how long marriage dates back in history, and how much how marriage works and what it entails has changed... but it's silly to me that he somehow thinks the state of Alabama has more power to define the word "marriage" than does the federal government or other states--or even other countries, for that matter. If I was one of the couples I'd mount a federal lawsuit against the court that denied my license
In this same vein, I think it was a bold move to say the least. Ideally they would be correct in the stance to deny gay marriage--the USA is supposed to a set of strongly allied and interconnected yet SOVEREIGN states. What it is supposed to be, however, is not what it is; so I don't know why those officials in Alabama attempting to do this. They say they are going to wait for the supreme court to make a decision, which is saddening because they take a very long time to do things. That could be their gambit I suppose, just holding off the inevitable as long as possible.
Either way, anyone else's thoughts?
Article: https://gma.yahoo.com/most-alabama-...-marriage-033131584--abc-news-topstories.html
I for one, think they are idiots. Especially Roy Moore--his position on this issue is irrelevant, it was a federal mandate and he'd do his best to listen. I'm just waiting for the state to get their pants sued off and this jack ass hopefully removed from his office. Apart from that, his reasoning is just.. weak. Very, very weak. I don't know if he understands how long marriage dates back in history, and how much how marriage works and what it entails has changed... but it's silly to me that he somehow thinks the state of Alabama has more power to define the word "marriage" than does the federal government or other states--or even other countries, for that matter. If I was one of the couples I'd mount a federal lawsuit against the court that denied my license
In this same vein, I think it was a bold move to say the least. Ideally they would be correct in the stance to deny gay marriage--the USA is supposed to a set of strongly allied and interconnected yet SOVEREIGN states. What it is supposed to be, however, is not what it is; so I don't know why those officials in Alabama attempting to do this. They say they are going to wait for the supreme court to make a decision, which is saddening because they take a very long time to do things. That could be their gambit I suppose, just holding off the inevitable as long as possible.
Either way, anyone else's thoughts?