U.S. District Court Judge Callie Granade, who held a hearing on the matter Thursday afternoon, issued the order a few hours later.
“Probate Judge Don Davis is hereby ENJOINED from refusing to issue marriage licenses to plaintiffs due to the Alabama laws which prohibit same-sex marriage,” Granade wrote.
In introducing the declaration that the marriage amendment and statute barring same-sex couples’ marriages are unconstitutional, Granade noted that the court was “once again” making the declaration.
“If Plaintiffs take all steps that are required in the normal course of business as a prerequisite to issuing a marriage license to opposite-sex couples, Judge Davis may not deny them a license on the ground that Plaintiffs constitute same-sex couples or because it is prohibited by the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment and the Alabama Marriage Protection Act or by any other Alabama law or Order pertaining to same-sex marriage,” Granade wrote.
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