Same Sex Marriage in Alabama

On February 9, 2015, same sex marriage became legal in the state of Alabama. Though it received heavy push back from some of the states conservative majority, about 32% of the residence of Alabama approved of the notion to have the state government recognize the relationships and marriages between same sex couples. Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, led the charge against the same sex marriage push by ordering probate judges to not hand out marriage licenses to gay couples. Now this is the same man who lost his position as Chief Justice in 2003 for refusing to take down a Ten Commandments Monument that resided on a state building: a clear violation of the first amendment in regards to the governments establishment of a religion. Justice Moore has a conservative history and we can see it continue here in regards to same sex marriage.

In my opinion, and in the vernacular of the 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, everybody has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which includes the institution of marriage among same sex couples. Regardless of my personal beliefs or convictions, are we expected to give the government so much power that they can tell us who we can and cannot spend our lives with? Though it may fall against the Christian values of the conservative right wing, our constitution protects us from the establishment of religion so that it may not influence policy or affect our citizens who don't identify with that belief system. If two people, regardless of gender, wish to be married, than I say "have at it." Living in this country gives us the rare ability to chose how we wish to live our lives. We are given certain freedoms upon on our birth and it is up to us to take advantage of them and to use our ability to be different to make an identity for ourselves. To read more on this subject, feel free to continue reading the article on this webpage: Same Sex Marriage in Alabama