Alabama

Relationship Recognition Information

Statewide Relationship Recognition
no Licenses marriages for same-sex couples.
no Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions.
no Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: None.

1998 Alabama prohibits marriage between same-sex couples by statute, and prohibits recognition of lawfully married same-sex couples from other states or jurisdictions. See Alabama Statues, § 30-1-19.

Employment Information

Statewide Employment Protections
no Private employment protections based on sexual orientation.
no Private employment protections based on gender identity.
no Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation.
- Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity.

Parenting Information

Statewide Parenting Laws
Who May Adopt Any unmarried adult or husband and wife jointly. Ala. Code § 26-10A-5.
Second Parent Adoptions Approved in some lower courts.
Notes Case law reveals hostility to gay parents. See Ex parte J.M.F., 730 So.2d 1190 (Ala. 1998).

Cases

Davis v. Hopper
(Amicus) case challenging the state of Alabama’s segregation policy for those living with HIV in the prison system

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