Kimberly Marshall

2/26/14

Current Event: Social Issues

One of the articles I chose to write a current event on is gay marriage
becoming legal in the state of Alabama. On February 9, 2015, the state of
Alabama finally legalized same-sex marriage in their state. The state as a
whole has been shutting down all options of allowing people of the same-sex
get married. In 2006 almost 81% of voters supported an amendment of
Alabamas constitution to ban same-sex weddings and now more than half of
those people that supported that amendment disagree with banning samesex marriage. Many residents of the state say they never thought this day
would come. Many residents say this for two reason one because they
never thought they would see the day when everyone was treated equal
regardless of their sexual preferences and because the day before on
February 8th, Roy Moore the chief justice of the state Supreme Court
ordered probate judges in Alabama not to allow them to legalize same-sex
marriage. The reason why they were able to legalize it the next day is
because some judges agreed with Moores proposal but then 14 counties in
Alabama agreed to process the paperwork for same-sex unions. On February
9th, more than 150 same-sex couples got married in the city as soon as it was
legalized. Surprisingly the South has been more accepting and willing to
agree for same-sex marriages in their states. 37 states as of 2015 have

legalized same-sex marriages, there are 7 states that have banned gay
marriages but many appeals were made in the past two years and are
currently still in the process of waiting on a decision whether it will be legal
or not. Charles Thomas a conservative Supreme Court Justice says, many
people see and wish for all 50 states to legalize gay marriage by the
summer. For me personally I think it is great that more than half of the states
in the U.S. have legalized same-sex marriages and that as a nation we are
trying to progress and help every citizen living in America be treated equal
regardless of their race, religion, gender, or sexual preference.