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Alabama Chief Supreme Court Justice Suspended for Gay Rights Stance

Summary: Alabama Chief Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore has been suspended, effective immediately.  Alabama Chief Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore…

Texas Judge Blocks Obama’s Transgender Public School Bathroom Policy

Summary: A U.S. Judge issued a nationwide injunction to halt enforcement of Obama's transgender public school bathroom guidelines. A Texas…

Supreme Court Shuts Down Alabama’s Attempt to Take Away Gay Parental Rights

Summary: Alabama was refusing to give a lesbian woman parental rights over the children she legally adopted with her partner…

Hamilton, Alabama Shooter to Face Capital Murder Charges

Summary: A history of mental illness and a possible work partnership gone wrong may be behind the reason an Alabama…

Alabama Carries Out First Execution Since 2013

Summary: Using the new and controversial drug combination involving Midazolam, Alabama successfully executed its first death row inmate since 2013.…

Former Attorney Who Slit Dog’s Throat Gets Probation

Summary: The former attorney who slit his dog’s throat has been sentenced. A Birmingham attorney who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty…

Alabama Chief Justice Stops Issuance of Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Summary: The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court has ordered probate judges to stop giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples…

What’s Wrong with a Little Blood?

Summary: A rural Alabama judge tried to give everyone a break from paying fines, but failed to consider the consequences…

Alabama Removes Confederate Flags at Memorial Site

Summary: After the race-fueled killing of nine black church members in South Carolina, the display of Confederate flags has come…

Issuance of Same Sex Marriage Licenses Stayed in Alabama

Summary: A new ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court has ordered that same-sex marriage is not legal, and that probate…

Mobile County Ordered to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

Summary: A federal judge issued an order on Thursday that forces the probate judge in Mobile County, Alabama to issue same-sex…

Woman Arrested after Offering to Wed Same-Sex Couple

Summary: An Alabama woman was arrested after she offered to officiate the marriage of a same-sex couple that had just…