Participants at a same-sex marriage demonstration at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama.

One of them is holding a sign that reads, "Hate Is Not a Family Value." (Albert Pigg is in the background on the right, with a sign that reads, "God Made Me Fabulous!") Despite federal court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage in early 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Christiane
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/robinson/id/2115
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Summary:One of them is holding a sign that reads, "Hate Is Not a Family Value." (Albert Pigg is in the background on the right, with a sign that reads, "God Made Me Fabulous!") Despite federal court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage in early 2015, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered that probate judges stop issuing licenses to those couples on March 3 of that year. In response, Dothan citizens held two events on March 22: an "I Support Biblical Marriage Rally" at Ridgecrest Baptist Church and a counter-demonstration (organized by Equality Wiregrass) at the Dothan Civic Center. (The rally was initially set to take place at the civic center, too, and many of the counter-protestors reassembled outside the church later in the afternoon.)