Y'all saw that Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is back in the news, right? http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/alabama-supreme-court-chief-justice-lashes-out-at-seme-sex-m … About the same-sex marriage ruling, yup.
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Who could have guessed that Alabama would turn into a bit of a disaster when it came to enforcing a marriage ruling?
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Although a stay eventually was issued in Arkansas stopping marriages, marriages began there the day after a ruling: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/arkansas-judge-strikes-down-state-ban-on-same-sex-marriage#.wlDbyvgr8 …
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In Florida, same-sex marriages started — http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/with-miami-dade-ruling-marriage-equality-comes-to-florida#.spNL4ojWk … — and have kept going since then.
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North and South Carolina — even with varying levels of fighting-back-ness in court — have implemented marriage equality since October.
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My point is to note that all of those Southern officials have followed the law, even if they disagree with rulings and sought appeals.
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Moore is the first elected official who has a role in implementing these decisions that I know of who's said fed ct ruling might be illegit.
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He combined that w some up-for-debate discussion about scope of federal dist ct rulings - but he also questioned fed ct jurisdiction itself.
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@chrisgeidner uhh how does someone like this get removed from office and then reelected to the same job1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chrisgeidner (I mean, yes, I know. Alabama. Still.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@chrisgeidner ha, well yes. I'm just surprised there isn't some restriction on eligibility/running again after one's already been removed0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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