The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the question of
same-sex marriage by the end of the month...ten days from now...and The New York Daily News predicts what the potential rulings could mean in various states:
Moore is not the top elected official in Alabama. That would be Governor Robert Bentley, who was quoted by AL.COM recently as saying the state is different from 1960's Alabama, when George Wallace and others tried to ignore Federal Court rulings, when Montogmery officials closed down the Zoo in Oak Park rather than let black children go to it, and Birmingham officials filled-in public pools for the same reason. He says he opposes same-sex marriage, but Alabama will obey "the rule of law":
"Flat-out defiance is expected in Alabama, where the state’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has vowed to defy the court’s order with the help of probate judges and county clerks in refusing to hand out marriage papers to gay couples."
Moore is not the top elected official in Alabama. That would be Governor Robert Bentley, who was quoted by AL.COM recently as saying the state is different from 1960's Alabama, when George Wallace and others tried to ignore Federal Court rulings, when Montogmery officials closed down the Zoo in Oak Park rather than let black children go to it, and Birmingham officials filled-in public pools for the same reason. He says he opposes same-sex marriage, but Alabama will obey "the rule of law":"I want to do everything I can to make sure that the people across the country, the people across the world, realize that Alabama is a different state and that we respect the rule of law and that's what I'm going to do."
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