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Update: Lambda Legal Teen Clients Will Attend Prom Together!

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By Lambda Legal

February 14, 2018

Lambda Legal received a response from east Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today that an Alexandria High School lesbian couple will be able to attend prom together.

See Also: Prom, Youth and Schools, Alabama
Lambda Legal To Alabama School District: Let Lesbian Couple Go To Prom, Or Get Sued

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By Lambda Legal

February 8, 2018

Lambda Legal sent a letter to eastern Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today warning school officials not to prevent a lesbian couple from attending the prom.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools, Alabama
Lambda Legal Commends Suspension of Chief Justice Roy Moore

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September 30, 2016

The Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ) issued an order today suspending Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore from the bench for the remainder of his term after a unanimous vote of the nine-member board.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project, Alabama
LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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By Lambda Legal

July 28, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations late yesterday filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Lambda Legal Condemns Discriminatory “Conscience Clause” Foster Care Bills; Urges Senate to Continue Push to Protect Runaway and Homeless Youth

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By Currey Cook

April 23, 2015

Two statements from Currey Cook,Lambda Legal Senior Attorney and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project National Director

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Alabama, Michigan, Texas
Judicial Travesty in Alabama

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March 4, 2015

What a travesty. The Alabama Supreme Court has rushed out a "per curiam" decision (one none of the members of that court would admit to authoring) ordering probate judges not to marry same-sex couples in the state without even providing for full briefing on the constitutional rights of same-sex couples and their families.

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Federal Court Orders Alabama Probate Judge to Start Issuing Marriage Licenses

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February 13, 2015

The federal judge who initially struck down Alabama’s discriminatory marriage ban, extended her order directing Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In yesterday's order, Judge Granade wrote:

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Lambda Legal to Alabama Probate Judges: Ignore Chief Justice Roy Moore

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By Lambda Legal

February 10, 2015

Lambda Legal sent an open letter to the President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association and probate judges of counties that are not issuing licenses to same-sex couples urging them to disregard Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s legally incorrect and unfounded Administrative Order and instead issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and different-sex couples alike, after the U.S.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Alabama
WHEREAS, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has Completely Lost the Public’s Trust and is Not Fit to Serve

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By Lambda Legal

February 9, 2015

This blog post was co-written by Lambda Legal's Fair Courts Project Manager, Eric Lesh, and Senior Attorney Beth Littrell.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Alabama
According to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, Upholding the Constitution Is “Judicial Tyranny”

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January 28, 2015

In two separate rulings, a federal judge in Alabama struck down the state’s discriminatory marriage ban, prompting a brazenly political and deeply misguided response from the Chief Justice of Alabama’s highest court.

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