BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama became the latest state to allow same-sex marriage Monday, as many probate judges defied an order by the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and began issuing licenses and performing weddings.
Earlier, the United States Supreme Court quashed a final effort to delay the marriages as same-sex couples lined up at courthouses across the state.
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Mr. King said he was abiding by the federal court order from January that determined Alabama’s statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.
