WASHINGTON — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Alabama’s requests to keep two rulings striking down the state’s ban on same-sex couples’ marriages from going into effect.
Without further action, the trial court rulings by U.S. District Court Judge Callie Granade are due to end on Feb. 9 — meaning same-sex couples could marry in Alabama at that time.
Although the state can still ask the Supreme Court for a stay, the high court has not granted a stay in similar circumstances in recent months.
This would, however, be the first such request brought to the Supreme Court since the justices agreed to hear the appeal of several cases involving marriage or marriage recognition rights brought by same-sex couples in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. In those cases, the state bans were upheld by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, leading the same-sex couples to seek review from the Supreme Court.
Have a day Alabama. First your most famous and laziest author Harper Lee puts out the most delayed sequel of all times and now this. I realize this isn’t set in stone (or I think it isn’t. I sort of skimmed the article) but its surprisingly progressive for what is probably the most ass-backward conservative state in the Union. Bama fans are now free to admit that they are thinking about Nick Saban when they fuck their wives. Big step for a state that is best known for college football, incest and turning fire hoses on civil rights activists. It’ll be interesting to hear “Roll Tide” said with a lisp.
The Fuck Do I Know? 