Alabama

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.

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.
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).

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