Well Dayumn! Gay Marriage is now Legal in Alabama

[LSLGuy]

If they’re willing to quit issuing licenses, than I guess that means marriage, however defined, isn’t really very important to them. Kinda gives the lie to all the claims that it’s a “sacred” process.

[Accidental_Martyr]

Alabama Supreme Court orders probate judges to not issue same-sex marriage licenses for 25 days.

Roy Moore: Judges not required to issue gay marriage licenses

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I hope the U.S. district court judge down there who ruled in the earlier SSM case will set a hearing ASAP and require Moore et al. to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court.

[Gorsnak]

Some people just feel a need to stand up for what they believe in.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Here’s CNN’s overview of conservative states leaders’ reaction to the SSM ruling, including in Alabama: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/29/us/same-sex-marriage-state-by-state/index.html

[Accidental_Martyr]

Judge Roy Moore compares legalization of same-sex marriage to killing of Jews during WWII.

"Could I do this if I were in Nuremberg (war crimes trials after WW II) say that I was following the orders of the highest authority to kill Jews?.. Could I say I was ordered to do so?

Told that trial was about killing human beings, not gay marriage, Moore asked: “Is there a difference?”

Moore: Gay marriage not in accordance with Constitution

[Accidental_Martyr]

It’s getting weirder. Lawyer for Roy Moore:

Jesus Christ is Lord of all. He came to save the world by His death and resurrection. That world includes you, me, the family, the civil government, all the institutions of life. He came to advance His Father’s kingdom, not watch man run rampant upon the earth as if Christ had never come. As if it were the days of Noah!

Public officials are ministers of God assigned the duty of punishing the wicked and protecting the righteous. If the public officials decide to officially approve of the acts of the wicked, they must logically not protect the righteous from the wicked. In fact, they must become protectors of the wicked. You cannot serve two masters; you must pick – God or Satan.

The criminal laws against homosexual sodomy are for the protection of the righteous, particularly the young, the weak, the vulnerable, who need the law to teach them right from wrong when in a vulnerable state. The U.S. Supreme Court, although it claims to have done so in 2003, cannot take something that God calls a crime and declare it not a crime.

Roy Moore lawyer: Public officials are ministers of God

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Moore says there may be war as a result of the SCOTUS ruling: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore On Gay Marriage Ruling: 'I Hope We Don't Have A War' | HuffPost Latest News. Yeesh.

[Accidental_Martyr]

The Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee on Monday approved the bill to do away with state-issued marriage licenses. Instead, spouses would file a signed marriage contract at probate offices.

COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO TAKE ALABAMA OUT OF MARRIAGE BIZ - WVUA 23

[alphaboi867]

@Accidental_Martyr

COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO TAKE ALABAMA OUT OF MARRIAGE BIZ - WVUA 23

Slim change of passes, but if it does cue probate offices refusing to accept marriage contracts from same-sex couples. And this would not take the state of Alabama out of the “marriage business” in any meaningful way; presumably the state would still need to issue marriage certificates or Alabamans are going to run into a lot of trouble proving they’re married if cross state lines.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Chief Justice Moore has again been suspended: Roy Moore suspended, faces new judicial ethics charges

[Northern_Piper]

Like the mills of God, sometimes the mills of Justice grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine.

[silenus]

Not until they have ground this asshole (and those who agree with him) into pate.

[Accidental_Martyr]

If the idiots here in Alabama didn’t vote for him, he would have stayed gone the first time he was removed from office. I have no doubt he could get re-elected.
Of course there’s plenty more going on with the Republican “leadership” in the state.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/31/3764800/alabama-robert-bentley-governor-sex-scandal-family-values/
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/31916207/chief-justices-suspension-adds-to-alabamas-political-mess

[Northern_Piper]

@silenus

Not until they have ground this asshole (and those who agree with him) into pate.

Still being the voice of reason and moderation, I see.

[JRDelirious]

@silenus

Not until they have ground this asshole (and those who agree with him) into pate.

But would you then smear him thin on toast?

[alphaboi867]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Chief Justice Moore has again been suspended: Roy Moore suspended, faces new judicial ethics charges

And apparently this time His “Honor” his blaming a local drag queen.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@alphaboi867

And apparently this time His “Honor” his blaming a local drag queen.

You go, uh, girl!

[bienville]

@JRDelirious

But would you then smear him thin on toast?

Mmmmmmm… asshole pâté toast.

[Accidental_Martyr]

More info on the current scandals in Alabama government, including Moore’s latest removal from office.

Scandals Embroil Alabama Governor, Speaker and Chief Justice (Published 2016)