BuzzFeed - "Alabama law allows for 'marriage' between only one man and one woman," the Alabama Supreme Court states. WASHINGTON â The Alabama Supreme Court ordered probate judges throughout the state to temporarily stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Tuesday night order â to which one justice of the state's high court dissented â is the result of an emergency request brought to the court by two conservative nonprofit organizations and Elmore County Probate Judge John Enslen. "Alabama law allows for 'marriage' between only one man and one woman," the opinion states. "Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law. Nothing in the United States Constitution alters or overrides this duty." Here is the Alabama Supreme Court's order: LINK: Read the full opinion. View Entire List âº
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