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The 2017 legislative session ended May 19, and to many, it seemed to be among the most contentious of recent years. In addition to the removal of Chief Justice Roy Moore and the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley, there were heated debates over many issues such as the federal court-ordered reapportionment, prison construction, confederate monuments, and a racist joke about monkeys.

By Clark West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 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.—Today, four same-sex couples in Mobile, AL asked United States District Judge Callie V. S. Granade to instruct Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to issue them marriage licenses after Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses entirely today rather than issue licenses to same-sex couples as Judge Granade previously ordered.

In their request to Judge Granade, the couples explained that each of them appeared at the Davis’s Mobile offices and were denied marriage licenses. The couples’ request explains that they are suffering serious harm each day that they continue to be excluded from marriage.

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