Two same sex marriages in Tuscaloosa County may the exception rather than the case, if two conservative groups get their way. The Alabama Supreme Court will consider a request by two conservative groups seeking to halt same-sex marriages in the state. The court voted six to two on Friday to hear the petition. The organizations are asking the justices to join Chief Justice Roy Moore and direct state probate judges to stop giving marriage licenses to gay couples. Tuscaloosa County Probate Judge Hardy McCollum agreed to issue same sex licenses following a federal court hearing in Mobile last Thursday. Federal judge Callie Granade ordered Mobile County to start granting the licenses and Tuscaloosa County followed suit. Gays and lesbians have been getting married since Monday in some Alabama counties after a federal judge declared Alabama's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Moore said probate judges are not bound by the federal judge's decision because there were not defendants in the case. He also said that probate judges, as members of the state judiciary, are part of a parallel court system and not under the authority of a federal judge.
Alabama Supreme Court may halt Same Sex Marriages
