Alabama Government May Stop Issuing Marriage Licenses Altogether: Other States Consider as Well

Leah Hickman : Mar 1, 2018
Christianheadlines.com

Rather than getting a license, couples would "submit a form affirming they've met the legal requirements for getting married and then record a marriage contract at the probate office." In this new system, marriage would become a contractual relationship.

(Montgomery, AL)— [Christianheadlines.com] When the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, Christians in the business of officiating marriages faced a new challenge. To avoid going against Biblical teachings on marriage, some judges in Alabama skirted the conflict by simply closing down their marriage license divisions. To these judges, no marriages at all meant no same-sex marriages. This, in turn, meant preserving the belief in marriage as the sacred union of one man and one woman. (Photo: Marriage license/via Christian Headlines)

Cited this week in an article at NPR, Alabama judge Wes Allen explains his decision to stop issuing marriage licenses: "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and firmly believe that Biblical world view," he says. "And I couldn't put my signature on a marriage license that I knew not to be marriage."

After closing down these marriage license divisions, some judges like Allen expected to face lawsuits. But no one...

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