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- Gay marriage is legal … but not in Alabama
Despite Friday’s landmark U.S. Supreme court decision ending the gay marriage ban, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an order of his own banning probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples for the next 25 days.
“In that 25-day period that (U.S. Supreme Court) order is not in effect,” Moore said to AL.com. “The (Alabama Supreme Court) order speaks for itself.”
Moore has long been hating on gay people and spoke from the pulpit on Sunday at Kimberly Church of God in Kimberly, Alabama.
“Is there such a thing as morality anymore? Sodomy for centuries was declared to be against the laws of nature and nature’s God,” he says. “And now if you say that in public, and I guess I am, am I violating somebody’s civil rights? Have we elevated morality to immorality? Do we call good, bad? What are we Christians to do?”
Yes, what are Christians to do? Maybe show a little tolerance for people? You know, like Jesus said to do? Just a thought.
Meanwhile, in Portland, where gay marriage has been legal since May 2014, people celebrated with lots of same sex marriages and celebrations across the city. The Oregonian had some great photos.
You can read Moore’s confusing order here, and we can all be glad we don’t live in Alabama.
You should see my surprised face right now. To be fair, it does look an awful lot like my no-surprise face.
I believe Louisiana did that as well, saying they wouldn’t implement it until the period when the Supreme Court case could be appealed or something was over. Cause it would just be chaos if they had to take back all those gay marriages. Southern states: always looking out for the gays.
Moore is soon to find out the lack of Power he thought he had.
He just can’t stop this Human Rights issue.