February 13th, 2015
As of last count, in Alabama
47 counties are observing marriage equality
6 are issuing no marriage licenses to anyone
8 are issuing only to opposite-sex couples
5 are unreachable for inquiry
The equality counties are interspersed throughout the state, so few couples wishing to marry are inconvenienced with not more than a short drive.
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Spunky
February 14th, 2015
Timothy,
Just to be clear, “more than a short drive,” or “no more than a short drive”?
Is there a map of Alabama that shows the good, bad, and ugly counties?
Timothy Kincaid
February 14th, 2015
thanks Spunky, I fixed it.
I didn’t prepare a map of the various counties, but the NY Times has a good one from a yesterday
Eric Payne
February 15th, 2015
Timothy,
Huh??
If I were an Alabaman, and I couldn’t get a marriage license/married in the county in which I reside, I don’t care how close the next county may be.
By being denied something to which I’m entitled… I’n “inconvenienced.”
Spunky
February 15th, 2015
Eric,
I’m with you 100%–in fact, I hope there’s a class action suit against the state of Alabama for all damages (gas money, for example) related to this inconvenience–but I think Timothy is trying to make it sound like things are going well despite the best efforts of Justice Moore.
Timothy Kincaid
February 15th, 2015
Yes Eric, it is an offense to one’s citizenship to be denied rights that one is due. But Spunky is right, despite the efforts of Moore (and others), we are winning.
eddie
February 16th, 2015
I saw the map using the link above. it appears to be about one third of the state (in area size)(size queen). That’s still a pretty good portion of the state that is out of control. I sure hope those responsible for this is dealt with appropriately, i.e. – behind bars and fined.
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