Same Sex Marriage here in Alabama is still not a "done deal".
It has been a week since federal district judge Granade issued her order to state probate judge, Don Davis in Mobile county, to issue licenses to SSM couples.
order is here: http://media.al.com/...
Immediately after, several counties opened their license windows and began issuing licenses to everyone qualified. Some counties hesitated for various reasons but as of yesterday, 48 of 67 were issuing SSM licenses.
6 counties are not issuing any licenses to anyone.
11 counties are issuing licenses only to heterosexual couples.
In the meantime, two private interest groups, Alabama Policy Institute, and Alabama Citizens Action Program have filed a petition with the Alabama Supreme Court asking for the Court to command probate judges not directly under Granade's jurisdiction to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Added to that, Equality Alabama has filed a counter petition stating that neither the Alabama Policy Institute or Alabama Citizens Action Program have standing for various reasons.
The API-ACAP action was filed as an emergency petition and action or a hearing was expected yesterday; nothing happened.
Judge Moore... where are you?
Other issues have erupted around Roy Moore.
In a separate but related action, the Human Rights Campaign is seeking the telephone records from Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
In particular, they want to see if Moore has been using State property and services to contact probate judges throughout Alabama to organize them in not issuing marriage licenses to SSM couple.
Moore is allowed to contact judges using State equipment and paid for wire service for legal consultations, but not political reasons.
It's known Moore contacted all the probate judges via email on Sunday night, February 8th, telling them not to issue licenses. By doing so, Moore violated judicial codes of conduct by telling probate judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses as well as promoting his political agenda via State property.