Alabama judge strikes down ban on gay marriage

[Adam Griffin]

Surprised I haven't seen a thread about this yet...considering it's Alabama. #38.

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[RFayette]

This is such an inevitable process........it would be nice for it to just end already with a SCOTUS ruling.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

This is a major embarrassment for every state with a ban bar Mississippi. If it's legal in Alabama, what does that say about you? I know it's not necessarily implying approval by the populace or even EO's, but even their courts are sensible enough.

[7,052,770]

This is a major embarrassment for every state with a ban bar Mississippi.

I don't follow. It's pretty embarrassing for us too. Unless you were referring to how the Courts have already struck ours down (?)

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

The only thing I'm surprised about is Ohio and Michigan still not having it.

I'd always thought that the Democratic states would preceed the swing states (of course, not always in order), which would preceed the Republican states, with the Deep South and certain Plains and Western states holding out until a SCOTUS ruling.

[Consciously Unconscious]

This is a major embarrassment for every state with a ban bar Mississippi.

I don't follow. It's pretty embarrassing for us too. Unless you were referring to how the Courts have already struck ours down (?)

It's because the only state more socially conservative than AL is MS.  The other states that don't have it aren't as socially conservative as AL.  That's why it's an embarrassment for them.

[LeBron]

This is a major embarrassment for every state with a ban bar Mississippi. If it's legal in Alabama, what does that say about you? I know it's not necessarily implying approval by the populace or even EO's, but even their courts are sensible enough.

Blame Reagan and Dubya for why Ohio and Michigan don't have it. They made our 6th Circuit Court a homophobic majority over the years and are the only circuit so far to rule in favor of our state's gay marriage bans.

I'm peaved that George Wallace's home state has it before us, but it's just the waiting game at this point before Ohio & Co. finally joins the rest.

[Bojack Horseman]

The only thing I'm surprised about is Ohio and Michigan still not having it.

I'd always thought that the Democratic states would preceed the swing states (of course, not always in order), which would preceed the Republican states, with the Deep South and certain Plains and Western states holding out until a SCOTUS ruling.

We had it here in Michigan for about 24 hours, and then an activist judge in the 6th circuit reversed the ruling, reinstating the ban.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

This ruling has been stayed for two weeks.

http://news.yahoo.com/federal-judge-stays-ala-gay-marriage-ruling-014522443.html

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[DemPGH]

That's pretty significant. Maybe SSM will win more decisively at the SCOTUS than I thought, especially if it's the 6th Circuit Court decision that they want to review. At least progress is being made on this issue.

[TDAS04]

This judge is better than Roy Moore.