{"id":83,"date":"2016-01-06T22:43:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stampoutstupid.org\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2016-01-16T18:52:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T23:52:38","slug":"sweet-home-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampoutstupid.org\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/01\/06\/sweet-home-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Home Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156418894625615&amp;id=358168880614\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156418894625615&amp;id=358168880614\">\n<p>BREAKING &#x2013;This is huge.Developing.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-New-Civil-Rights-Movement-358168880614\/\">The New Civil Rights Movement<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156418894625615&amp;id=358168880614\">Wednesday, January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In what isn&#8217;t a state Supreme Court ruling, but rather an administrative order, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is looking to halt same-sex marriage in Alabama. \u00a0His reasoning? \u00a0He&#8217;s not sure that last summer&#8217;s United States Supreme Court ruling on the matter applies to the Great State of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, Judge Moore? \u00a0Look, the North won, and Alabama is a part of the United States of America. \u00a0Which means that Federal law &#8211; and the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court &#8211; do indeed apply to Alabama. \u00a0You don&#8217;t have to like the law, but you &#8211; especially you &#8211; need to uphold the law. \u00a0<strong>ALL\u00a0<\/strong>of the law &#8211; for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Making your state&#8217;s \u00a0probate judges choose between your hissy fit and the law of the land does no one any good. \u00a0Gay marriage is here to stay &#8211; and most people are just fine with it, \u00a0And there&#8217;s a good reason for that &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Gay people getting married doesn&#8217;t affect straight people&#8217;s lives in the least!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So fighting this fight &#8211; which is already lost &#8211; does nothing positive. \u00a0It makes you look stupid &#8211; a fossil from another era. \u00a0It stresses out your judges state-wide, who have to worry about whether doing their jobs will get them fired. \u00a0And it makes your state look bad &#8211; there are already enough negative stereotypes about Alabama as it is. \u00a0You don&#8217;t need to re-enforce them.<\/p>\n<p>My advice &#8211; take a deep breath,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alabama-chief-justice-roy-moore-same-sex-marriage-son-drug-charges\/\">go bail your son out<\/a>, channel your inner Disney princess, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU\">&#8220;Let it Go&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING &#x2013;This is huge.Developing. 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