Alabama Goes Scorched-Earth Over Same-Sex Marriage

[wvit1001]

Alabama's on a roll.   It's like the lack of education is really catching up with them down there.



Alabama Goes Scorched-Earth Over Same-Sex Marriage, Votes to Eliminate Marriage Licenses and Weddings Altogether


The Alabama House of Representatives just passed a bill that is a slap in the face to marriage equality. Since gay weddings are to be on equal footing with straight ones, Alabama will make all weddings meaningless.

Lawmakers have decided that Sections 22-9A-17, 30-1-5, 30-1-12, and 30-1-16 of the Code of Alabama should be amended to abolish any requirement that couples getting married obtain marriage licenses — or have even have wedding ceremonies at all. Now, those wishing to marry can just fill out some forms, submit them to the probate office, and emerge as spouse and spouse. Easy peasy.

You may be asking: “Aren’t a whole bunch of people boycotting Alabama over those abortion laws?” and “Won’t eliminating weddings harm the state’s economy even more?”

Yep. That’s right. Some in the wedding business in Alabama worry that the legal change will make their entire industry obsolete.

Wedding venue owner Don Booze explained that under the new laws, “’I now pronounce you man and wife’ will be totally meaningless because that man and wife union happens at the courthouse.”

That’s certainly something of a plot twist.

Until now, it was supposed to be liberals who were hell-bent on destroying the concept of marriage. Wasn’t that what the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was all about?



https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/alabama-goes-scorched-earth-over-same-sex-marriage-votes-to-eliminate-marriage-licenses-and-weddings-altogether/

[Jim]

 
What is this?  Just one more thing to add to your collection of not envisioning the logical course your actions cause each time you open another box?
 

[wvit1001]

I'm not sure how you think this is logical jim. 

[Local5th]

Since gay weddings are to be on equal footing with straight ones, Alabama will make all weddings meaningless.

From a traditional perspective that's pretty much what happened when same sex marriage was passed.

I don't see a problem with the change.

[wvit1001]

you think your marriage was meaningless local?

[Truman62]

Repocons have shown time and time again that they have no critical thinking skills.
They just pass things on the spur of the moment because they sound good, without
one iota of thought about the aftermath and consequences of such an action.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk,... and they complain about Democrats trying to legislate morality?

I can't wait until you guys start to whine about the next Democratic President and Congress.
No, shut up, Trump did it.
No, shut up, GOP did it.
No, shut up, GOP changed the rules so anyone can do that now.

[Local5th]

you think your marriage was meaningless local?

July 4th it will be 50 years. What do you think?

[wvit1001]

evidently you don't believe what your even saying then local.   unless you're saying that your marriage is now meaningless.

[zsq987]

No such thing as "same-sex marriage"!!

People of the same sex cannot be considered as "married".

By definition, MARRIAGE is ONLY between ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN!!!

DUH!!!

[wvit1001]

says who?