Last week, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore,
issued an administrative order saying, “Alabama probate judges have a
ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to the Alabama
Sanctity of Marriage Amendment.”
Moore went on to write, “Confusion and
uncertainty exist among the probate judges of this State as to the effect of
Obergefell on the ‘existing orders’ in API.
Many probate judges are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in
accordance with Obergefell; others are issuing marriage licenses only to
couples of the opposite gender or have ceased issuing all marriage licenses.” Therefore, pursuant to his responsibility to
“take any such other, further or additional action as may be necessary for the
orderly administration of justice within the state,” Chief Justice Moore has
ordered Alabama probate judges to uphold the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage
Amendment.
“I applaud Chief Justice Roy Moore for this
order reaffirming the marriage law in Alabama,” said Mat Staver, Founder and
Chairman of Liberty Counsel. “The
Alabama Supreme Court issued an order in March 2015 barring probate judges from
issuing same-sex marriage licenses after a federal court in January of last
year overturned Alabama’s voter-approved constitutional amendment defining
marriage as one man and one woman,” Staver explained.
“In Alabama and across America, state
judiciaries and legislatures are standing up against the federal judiciary or
anyone else who wants to come up with some cockeyed view that somehow the
Constitution now births some newfound notion of same-sex marriage. The opinion of five lawyers on the U.S.
Supreme Court regarding same-sex marriage is lawless and without legal or
historical support,” Staver concluded.
May God grant America more Moores!
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
Judge Moore is absolutely right!! The SCOTUS does not have the authority to overturn state constitutions unless they violate the US Constitution. They use the 14th amendment as their argument, that the law in one state must be honored in another. If that is true then there is no 9th or 10th amendment. If that is true then why do state have different laws on drinking ages, driver licenses, concealed carry permits, etc. etc.?? The US Constitution doesn't address most of these issues so it's up to the states. The US Constitution does address the right to arms in the 2nd amendment however the court doesn't seem to apply that to all states. How can judges who are supposed to understand the Constitution be so ignorant of it??
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