Alabama lawmakers voted to eliminate marriage licenses. Now biased judges can't reject same-sex couples.
By Deanna Paul Deanna Paul Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 25 at 11:36 AM The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would end the state’s marriage-license requirement. It would also help same-sex couples get married, without a judge’s signature looming between them and the aisle.
A new affidavit would require couples to affirm that they are not already married and are legally competent and old enough to marry; under state law, a person must be 18 years old to wed without parental consent and 16 years old to marry with parental consent. State Sen. Greg Albritton , the bill’s sponsor, proposed the change so that anyone can obtain a marriage document, in any Alabama county, notwithstanding a probate judge’s personal beliefs about same-sex marriage, AL.com reported.
The bill was “born out of prejudice ... even though in and of itself it does create a system that treats everyone equal before the state,” AL.com quoted him as saying.
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