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In Henderson’s Wake: HIV Discrimination in Alabama Prisons

By Clark West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONTGOMERY, Ala —The following can be attributed to Susan Watson, the executive director of the ACLU of Alabama regarding today’s passage of HB405, HB491, and HB527 in the House:

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March 6, 2015

Contacts:
Brooke Anderson, ACLU of Alabama (334) 420-1750; [email protected]
Rob Boston, Americans United (240) 475-8991; [email protected]
Cindy Kent, SPLC (334) 956-8494; [email protected]
Alberto R. Lammers, NCLR (415) 395-1305; [email protected]

MOBILE, Ala. -- A group of leading national civil rights organizations today filed a motion requesting a federal district court to expand a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage and to order all county probate judges in the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The joint motion was filed by the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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February 12, 2015

CONTACT:
Erik Olvera, Communications Director, NCLR, 415-392-6257 ext. 324, [email protected]
Brooke Anderson, Communications Manager, ACLU of Alabama, 334-420-1750, [email protected]

MOBILE, Ala.--Moments ago, United States District Judge Callie V. S. Granade instructed Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Today’s order followed a hearing in which four same-sex couples, who were unable to obtain marriage licenses in Mobile on Monday when marriage equality went into effect in the state, asked Judge Granade to instruct Judge Davis to begin issuing marriage licenses. The order requires Judge Davis to begin issuing licenses immediately.