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Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Arise Support President’s Actions on Pay Day Lenders

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, March 26, President Barack H. Obama spoke in Birmingham to announce new regulations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Alabama Arise and the Southern Poverty Law Center both released statements supporting the actions by the President. President Obama said to the crowd at Lawson State Community … Continued
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March 27, 2015

Gay Marriage Comes to Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 9, the Probate Judges of Alabama were forced by events to make the decision on whether or not to write marriage licenses for same sex couples. Citing a recent decision by US District Court Judge Callie Granade in Mobile, some Probate Judges offices issued marriage licenses … Continued
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February 10, 2015

Moore Tells Probate Judges Not To Marry Same-Sex Couples

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, February 8, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) ordered the Probate Judges of Alabama not to marry same sex couples. Chief Justice Moore wrote that the Probate Judges are not bound by Federal Judge Callie Granade’s order that Alabama’s State constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and … Continued
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February 9, 2015

HRC Joins Effort To Remove Chief Justice Roy Moore

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The people of Alabama have twice elected Judge Roy Moore (R) as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Liberal attorneys have previously objected to Chief Justice Moore’s conduct and formally asked that he be removed from office.  In 2003, they were successful.  In 2015, they are trying again. … Continued
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February 6, 2015

Moore Says Granade Ruling Not Binding

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 3, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange’s (R) request for a stay of a federal court ruling by Judge Callie Granade in Mobile. Judge Granade ruled that the Alabama Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one … Continued
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February 4, 2015

Probate Judges Will Marry Same Sex Couples

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 28, the Alabama Probate Judges Association released a written statement reversing their earlier position that the controversial ruling striking down Alabama’s Constitutional ban on same sex marriage somehow did not apply to them.  The probate judges affirm that if Judge Granade’s two week stay is not … Continued
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January 29, 2015

SPLC Files Judicial Ethics Complaint Against Judge Moore

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 28, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a judicial ethics complaint against popular Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) for his comments regarding the controversial recent ruling by Federal Judge Callie Granade, declaring that Alabama’s Marriage Protection Act and Sanctity of Marriage Amendment … Continued
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January 29, 2015

Moore Responds To SPLC Ethics Complaint

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Late on Wednesday, January 28, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) responded to a complaint by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that he violated judicial ethics by commenting unfavorably about a decision in federal court striking down Alabama’s defense of marriage act.  An unapologetic Chief Justice Moore claimed … Continued
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January 29, 2015

Gay Rights Groups Disagree With Probate Judge

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Late on Friday, January 23, 2015, Federal District Court Judge Ginny Granade, ruled that Alabama’s marriage laws prohibiting marriage of same-sex couples. Judge Granade claimed that Alabama’s protection of marriage amendment in the State Constitution violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the … Continued
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January 26, 2015

Reaction to Judge’s Decision Striking Down Alabama’s Gay Marriage Ban

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 23, Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn), US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), and Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead issued written statements following Friday’s ruling from a federal judge stating that the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment and the Alabama Marriage Protection Act are unconstitutional. … Continued
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January 26, 2015