A federal judge here ordered a county official in Mobile to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
With the ruling, Judge Callie V. S. Granade of Federal District Court, enjoined the probate judge in Mobile County, Don Davis, from refusing to issue licenses to gay couples seeking to wed.
The ruling came shortly after Judge Granade heard arguments from lawyers for four same-sex couples seeking to marry and a plea for clarity from the lawyer of a local probate judge. The decision was expected to send a signal to judges statewide who are caught between a federal ruling and an order from Alabama’s chief justice.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/us/alabama-same-sex-marriage-ruling.html?
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