Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore defies Supreme Court, orders probate judges to discriminate against same-sex couples

Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, has ordered his state’s probate judges  to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples because he does not believe that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision applies to Alabama. Claiming the Supreme Court did not specifically address Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges case, Moore…

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National Organization for Marriage again violates federal law; HRC files federal complaint

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) filed a formal complaint with the IRS against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for violating federal law by refusing to disclose their 2014 Form 990s. Following their November 16 deadline, NOM is required by law to provide a copy of the organization’s Form 990s for the previous fiscal year…

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SPLC submits new information in ongoing ethics complaint against Alabama chief justice for defying federal judiciary

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore continues to “flout and violate” the state’s code of judicial ethics following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage across the country, according to a new supplement filed today in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) ongoing ethics complaint against Moore. “Justice Moore has been removed…

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HRC: ‘Remove Alabama’s Justice Roy Moore’

WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced its support for an ethics complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama seeking the removal of Chief Justice Roy Moore from the state supreme court for violating the obligations of his office. “Chief Justice Roy Moore is lawlessly disregarding the binding ruling of a federal judge, and…

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Bakery that refused to make anti-gay cake faces discrimination complaint

DENVER, Colo. — The State Department of Regulatory Agencies has notified a bakery owner that a discrimination complaint has been filed against the business because the owner refused to write an anti-gay message on a cake. Marjorie Silva, owner of the award-winning Peruvian Bakery Azucar at 1186 S. Broadway said that last March a man…

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