March 4 (Reuters) - Local judges across Alabama on Wednesday stopped issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in compliance with a ruling a day earlier by the Alabama Supreme Court that was in ...

A bill to eliminate marriage licenses in Alabama and instead have couples file affidavits and forms for recording by county probate judges moved closer to becoming law on Wednesday. The House ...

Alabama’s probate courts may not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has ordered. Chief Justice Roy Moore ruled Wednesday (Jan. 6) that ...

Gay couples began getting married in Alabama on Monday morning, despite an 11th-hour attempt from the state's chief justice - an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage- to block the weddings. The U.S ...

While the number of Alabama counties issuing licenses has increased from eight on Monday to at least 19 on Wednesday, the majority of the state’s 67 counties are holding out, most claim while awaiting ...

Although a federal judge struck down Alabama’s same sex marriage ban on Friday, the the judges responsible for issuing marriage licenses will not begin giving them to gay couples. According to the ...

Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court gave the country a glimpse of the future that Republicans are working toward. In an entirely predictable and reprehensible ruling, the court ruled that embryos ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – If you want to become recognized as a married couple in Alabama, you will have to get a marriage license and exchange “I do’s.” Alabama will not recognize new common-law ...