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Remember a few months back when the right wing exploded in fury when it was alleged that two ordained ministers in Idaho had been threatened by fines and jailtime by a local city anti discrimination ordinance. It turned out that they had reorganized their business into a religious corporation and had altered their website to indicate they no longer performed civil marriages so they never did face any real legal threat. But I remember the outrage by so many that an ordained minister could face arrest for practing their faith. As such I bring you this...
Alabama judge refuses to perform gay marriages, then arrests minister when she tries to do it
Let us see how many defend this judge and his sudden influx of work right when same-sex couples earned the freedom to marry, but not so overloaded to have deputies arrest a minister offering to marry a same-sex couple. This truly harks back to the days of interracial marriage bans being struck down.
Alabama judge refuses to perform gay marriages, then arrests minister when she tries to do it
A woman who said she was an ordained minister was arrested on Tuesday and charged with disorderly conduct while trying to perform a same-sex marriage at a courthouse in Alabama.
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office told the Montgomery Advertiser that Probate Judge Al Booth observed Anne Susan Diprizio offering to perform same-sex marriages, and so he called for deputies to arrest her.
Booth decided to stop performing marriages after Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore advised all probate judges in the state not to comply with a federal judge’s orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Booth has insisted that the decision to stop performing marriages had to do workload, not an opposition to LGBT rights.
Let us see how many defend this judge and his sudden influx of work right when same-sex couples earned the freedom to marry, but not so overloaded to have deputies arrest a minister offering to marry a same-sex couple. This truly harks back to the days of interracial marriage bans being struck down.