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Alabama Chief Justice Suspended After Resisting Same-Sex Marriages

HeadlineOct 03, 2016

The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Judge Roy Moore, has been suspended over his defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court order on marriage equality. On Friday, Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary found Judge Moore guilty on six charges, after Moore ordered probate judges to violate federal law and refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples back in January. The move effectively ends Justice Moore’s career on the bench, since a state law will prohibit him from running for a new term because of his age.

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