A federal judge issued an order Wednesday saying Alabama counties must abide by the Supreme Court's decision allowing same-sex marriage. The order from Judge Callie Granade follows months of ...

The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the state's probate judges on Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last year ...

Alabama's top judicial official issued a memo Tuesday telling the state's probate judges that they do not have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, even though a federal court has ruled ...

With a federal judge ruling Alabama's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, the state's probate judges may soon have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but they are under no obligation to ...

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange urged a federal judge to oppose a new motion that would force the state's 68 probate judges to issue same-sex marriage licenses, court filings Monday indicate. ...

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(Reuters) - The chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court ordered the state's probate judges on Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The Alabama attorney general is asking a federal judge to stay a ruling that overturned Alabama's ban on gay marriage, as advocates cheer what once seemed an improbable victory ...

(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Alabama said probate judges should issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite being told otherwise by the state's chief justice, but at least two counties ...