Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore has been suspended after ethics charges were filed against him in that state. The charges have to do with Moore’s meddling in the implementation of the Obergefell United States Supreme Court decision which made same-sex marriage legal in Alabama. Via LA Times: In its […]
By John Mack Freeman In Alabama, legislators are once again considering getting the government out of the marriage business. The Alabama State Senate approved a bill that would get rid of state-issued marriage licenses and instead have couples register their union with the state for benefits purposes. This is to avoid judges having to sign marriage licenses […]
By John Mack Freeman A panel of the Alabama House of Representatives has rejected a proposal that would have stopped the state from issuing marriage licenses. Had the process gone forward, two individuals who have entered into a marriage contract with each other that would have had to have been witnessed and then submitted to […]