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Related: About this forumAlabama Lawmakers Find New Way To Ban Gay Marriage Even If Supreme Court Rules In Favor
Late Monday afternoon the Alabama Senate passed a bill that would abolish the issuance of marriage licenses altogether from the state. Instead of issuing marriage licenses, couples would have to file a contract with the state that says they are legally authorized to be married.
The catch? Alabama law does not allow same-sex couples to be married, but as attorney Jake Watson tells WHNT News, this new approach might be legal since Alabama could argue it merely is regulating the types of contracts it recognizes and authorizes. Watson says this could end up at the Supreme Court, even if the justices later this month rule in favor of same-sex marriage.
Alabama Senators seem only too happy to get out of the marriage business to "save" marriage for different-sex couples.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/alabama_lawmakers_find_new_way_to_ban_gay_marriage_even_if_supreme_court_rules_in_favor
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Like two year olds, they only want something because someone else might enjoy it.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)I really wish some of these red states would secede so all the crazy ass people could all live there.
Faux pas
(14,714 posts)exactly Politicalboi!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Come to think of it, all the straight Dem. citizens of Ala. do not either.
underpants
(183,043 posts)Please enjoy your stay
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)bullshit. It would be extremely interesting to see a psychological workup on them. There is definitely some bizarre baggage floating around in their heads.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)This is a last ditch effort to look good to the voters, before SCOTUS rules on the issue in a few weeks.
The state politicians can then go fund drive telling their backers how much they tried to remain bigoted.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,301 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]All of these people, and I use the word "people" reluctantly, will have their children look back on them with nothing but contempt and shame.
And they will deserve every iota of that contempt and shame they get. Because they are not content just to be bigots, but they are going out of their way to hurt people who never did a single thing to them.
I take it back, they are not people....they are monsters.[/font]
unblock
(52,503 posts)two year olds, indeed.
if this doesn't work, they'll issue "narriage" licenses and say, hah! the court struck said we couldn't discriminate against gays in "marriage" licenses, but they didn't say anything about "narriage" licenses! neener-neener!
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)gopiscrap
(23,768 posts)don't think it will fly.