Tag Archives: Alabama

Via Cult Of Mac: Tim Cook has spoken out about the need for his home state of Alabama to better address LGBT rights in a speech delivered today at the Alabama Academy of Honor induction, in front of Governor Robert Bentley. Cook discussed his admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and noted how, “I could never understand why some …

Last month an Alabama woman filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in support of Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage. Pat Fancher does not want same-sex marriage to be legalized because if that happens, her former son-in-law would be entitled to the money awarded in the wrongful death suit filed against the trucking company whose driver killed his husband. And God …

Via press release: Kayla Moore, President of the Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, today called upon U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse themselves from a case involving same-sex marriage because each of these Justices has personally performed a same-sex marriage. “Justice Kagan’s actions are especially improper,” Ms. Moore said, “because she performed this same-sex …

Acting on behalf of a local woman, the Alabama-based Foundation For Moral Law has filed an amicus brief which urges the Supreme Court to overturn the Tenth Circuit’s strike down of Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage. According to the brief, the woman does not want her late son’s husband to be able to inherit her son’s estate. Foundation for Moral …

“Back in March and then in May, I told you about a new, brazen campaign by homofascist activists to target three southern states, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, with their aggressive push for the destruction of marriage and the creation of other special ‘rights’ for sexual deviants. With the hellish support of homosexuality-lover Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) the …

From Alabama’s Montgomery Advertiser: The tide toward marriage equality in Alabama is rising, as it has in many other states, and it’s unlikely to be stopped. Nor should it be. The constitutional argument that the right to marry should be extended to same-sex couples is simply too sound. That becomes clearer each week as more dominoes fall in courts around …

Last Friday an Alabama appeals court struck down the state’s ban on consensual oral and anal sex. Yesterday Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange indicated that he will seek an appeal of that ruling. In a statement, the attorney general said the office believed the law was unconstitutional as applied to consensual acts. However, he said he was concerned with the …

An Alabama appeals court yesterday struck down the state’s ban on consensual oral and anal sex. Such acts have been legal nationwide since Lawrence V Texas, but still. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals issued its unanimous ruling in Williams vs. Alabama, the appeal of a Dallas County man who was convicted of sexual misconduct, though the jury found the …

The ACLU today filed what (I think) is Alabama’s fourth marriage-related lawsuit. Via press release: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Alabama’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of April and Ginger Aaron-Brush of Birmingham. The couple was wed in Massachusetts but their marriage …

Via Alabama’s Ledger-Inquirer: A billboard at the Village Mall in Auburn, Ala., features five smiling kids beneath a quote from Adolf Hitler: “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” According to Lamar Advertising’s Montgomery office, the billboard was rented out by Life Savers Ministries, based in Opelika, Ala. Hitler’s quote traces back to his speeches of the ’30s, …

In February, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed Alabama’s first marriage equality lawsuit with a demand that the state recognize out-of-state marriages. Today a Mobile law firm filed a suit which demands that a local lesbian couple be allowed to jointly register as the legal parents of their son. Cari Searcy and Kimberly McKeand have been in a committed relationship …

“Buddha didn’t create us, Mohammed didn’t create us, it was the God of the Holy Scriptures. They didn’t bring the Koran over on the pilgrim ship Mayflower. Let’s get real, let’s go back and learn our history. Let’s stop playing games.” – Alabama Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court Roy Moore, telling a local anti-abortion group that the First …

Via press release: Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Project One America (POA), a comprehensive campaign to dramatically expand LGBT equality in the South through permanent campaigns in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. This substantial and lasting initiative—with a three year budget of $8.5 million and a dedicated staff of 20—is the largest coordinated campaign for LGBT equality in the …

An Alabama women has been charged with murder after shooting her son’s boyfriend in the back at a local truck stop. Anita T. Hill, 51, of Pickens County, has been charged with murder in the case and was booked on a $75,000 bond. She has since bonded out of jail. Investigators have determined that Hill’s son and Johnson were “involved …

The New Republic reports: Mississippi’s sex-ed curriculum is not notable for its progressive nature. But one thing you can’t say about the Magnolia State is that it follows the advice of some conservative parents who want schools to totally ignore homosexuality. In fact, state law mandates that the subject be discussed, at least briefly: Students are to be told that …

Clip recap: “Anti-gay groups are getting desperate, with one candidate for governor comparing marriage equality to murder. An Alabama scheme to slip a marriage ban into the US Constitution is moving forward but is pretty much guaranteed to fail. A judge in Ohio rules that marriage equality isn’t only for dead people anymore. Plus, a major marriage victory in Utah …

“SPLC, which for decades has denied their pro-homosexual bias, is shooting for Alabama’s marriage amendment, arguing that the law that defends man-woman unions ‘demeans’ homosexuals. The organization, which was linked in federal court to the first act of domestic terrorism in D.C., continues to show its true colors as part of a coordinated effort to undermine marriage. If there is …

Clip description: Virginia’s marriage ban is unconstitutional, with a strongly-worded victory in AFER’s case. And that’s just the start of multiple marriage wins from coast to coast this week. We have good news coming out of Kentucky, Indiana, and Nevada, plus several new lawsuits, hearings, and favorable polls.

Via press release from the SPLC: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will announce on Thursday a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s prohibition against recognition of out-of-state marriages of gay and lesbian Alabamians. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate those provisions of Alabama’s Marriage Protection Act and the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment that prohibit such recognition. The SPLC will …

From a Washington Post op-ed written by Yale law professors Ian Ayres and William Eskridge: Eight U.S. states, and several cities and counties, have some version of what we call “no promo homo” provisions. Before the United States condemns the Russian statute’s infringement of free speech and academic freedom, it should recognize that our own republican forms of government have …