Comment box at the Mobile County probate office in Mobile, Alabama, on the day the county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
A sign on the box reads, ""Why I Like Probate Court,"" and a Human Rights Campaign flag is stuck in the lid. Judge Don Davis had closed the county's marriage license office on February 9, 2015, the day a federal court ruling striking down Alabama's same-sex marriage ban...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/robinson/id/2031 |
| Summary: | A sign on the box reads, ""Why I Like Probate Court,"" and a Human Rights Campaign flag is stuck in the lid. Judge Don Davis had closed the county's marriage license office on February 9, 2015, the day a federal court ruling striking down Alabama's same-sex marriage ban was to go into effect. After four couples were denied licenses, they appealed to U.S. District Judge Callie V. S. Granade, who ordered Judge Davis to comply immediately on February 12. |
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