U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade recently issued an order prohibiting Attorney General Luther Strange from enforcing Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage, but she placed a two-week stay on the ruling while Strange’s office crafts an appeal.
The stay is set to expire Feb. 9, but Professor Steven Hobbs told The Anniston Star that Granade could extend it or an appeals court could grant a separate stay and put the issue on hold until June.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments on whether same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry or whether states are allowed to ban gay marriage. A ruling is expected in June.
For more, read “Same-sex Alabama Couples Await Appeals Court, Supreme Court Decisions.”