Since it is Alabama we're talking about we didn't expect this to be easy. Apparently in Alabama marriage licenses are given out by probate judges, who are elected. Following the lead of county clerks in Florida the Alabama Probate Judges Association has declared the ruling that said the same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional affects only the couple named in the suit. So only one couple will be allowed to get married. That ploy didn't work in Florida.
In response the lawyers for the couple have asked the judge to clarify his ruling. As they did so the lawyers compared the Probate Judges Association to George Wallace standing in the school house door.
There were no marriages today. The judge put a 14 day stay on the ruling to give time for appeals.
And the Attorney General has filed his intent to appeal with the 11th Circuit, which denied Florida's request for a stay.
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