March 3 (Reuters) - The Alabama Supreme Court ordered probate judges on Tuesday to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in apparent defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court, underscoring the ...

March 4 (Reuters) - Local judges across Alabama on Wednesday stopped issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in compliance with a ruling a day earlier by the Alabama Supreme Court that was in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge in Mobile ruled Thursday that a southern Alabama probate judge could not deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples based on state law. The case involved four ...

A lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center is challenging policies in several Alabama counties that, the center says, bar undocumented immigrants from getting marriage licenses. The lawsuit is ...

According to Judge Roy Moore, a previous order ordered by Alabama Supreme Court in March to prevent same-sex marriages remains in effect, and Alabama’s probate judges “have a ministerial duty not to ...

Gay couples began getting married in Alabama on Monday morning, despite an 11th-hour attempt from the state's chief justice - an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage- to block the weddings. The U.S ...

Alabama’s probate courts may not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has ordered. Chief Justice Roy Moore ruled Wednesday (Jan. 6) that ...

On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives approved a bill that would end marriage licenses in the state, leaving probate judges to file signed affidavits instead. The bill relieves a few ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A former Kentucky county clerk asked the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage. On Monday, the Supreme Court was asked to weigh two ...