Alabama Judge Looks to Reverse Gay Marriage Decision: âAlabama Must Keep Identityâ
Â After Alabama is successfullyÂ allowed the legalization of gay marriage within its borders, the debate fromÂ both sides about whether or not it was the right decision for the state has reached a boiling point, andÂ one judge has made it clear he cannot allow gay marriage to exist in this state during his tenure.âIt is not in keeping with the spirit and history of Alabama,â said Honorable Judge Oscar Wellington. âOur state has kept a long and proud history of being far behind the times as compared to other states. We cannot suddenly allow ourselves to be within the first half of states to legalize gay marriage.âJudge Wellington is not interested in stopping gay marriage for the usual moral reasons, fully admitting there is no actual threat or danger to allowing gays to marry. He states quite bluntly, âThis is not about morality or legality. This is about our heritage as the citizens of Alabama.ââWhat would we be saying to our children if we did not hold out until the bitter end? Blind racism is still strong in our state. Hell, we only recently technically allowed interracial marriage. Incestuous marriage is still plenty legal within our borders. We have a clear line of reasoning, or lack thereof, and we need to stay true to it.âJudge Wellington is indeed correct, as Alabama does hold some of the most ridiculous lawsÂ still on the books. Dominoes cannot be played on Sundays. It is illegal to wear a false mustache â with intent to cause laughter â in a church. It is still an offense to open an umbrella on a street or sidewalk. These and other laws set a precedent that reasonable action in law has no place in the state.âApproximately one in every seven individuals cannot read in the state of Alabama. Nearly one out of every four students do not graduate high school. One out of every ten teenagers between ages 10-19 become pregnant. Hell, we consider a fetus a person with full rights here! Itâs absurd, and thatâs the way we love it here in this great state,â said Wellington. âAlabama must retain this history and its heritage of poor reasonability, else, we lose our identity. That is why gays like myself cannot, and will not, be allowed to marry here!â