The Whamma in Alabama!!!
So, you’re looking at Alabama and wondering: What the heck is going on? Well let me learn you something, but listen closely. So in 1996, Congress passed DOMA because Hawaii almost recognized gay marriage or at least an opinion from the state’s Supreme Court said so. In 1998, the crisis was averted as the people passed a law saying that the Legislature can define marriage. So in 2003, the Goodridge decision out of Massachussetts came along and threatened to have everyone marry there and go to New York, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, wherever they would go and seek recognition…Not so fast gays…you’re living in a DOMA enforced state, we don’t have to recognize gays and lezzies getting married round these parts. Not only that we passed the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Act so that’s a double bitchslap! Meanwhile, a gay couple had to be in legal limbo when Dr. Paul Hard and his mother in law were in a legal battle to be recognized as his husband So gays and lezzies couldn’t ...