Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to continue to block same-sex marriages until the high court issues a ruling on gay marriage later this year. The district judge's hold on her order expires Feb. 9th. Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed says despite the filing by Strange, gay couples will be able to marry at county courthouse. Alabama is set to become the 37th state to allow gay couples to legally wed.
Portraits Moved
State Auditor Jim Zeigler believes political correctness is behind the relocation of the portraits of Governors George and Lurleen Wallace to another part of the Alabama Capitol building from the rotunda. Zeigler says the timing of the move is suspect. He wants to see the portraits returned to the Capitol rotunda and says he will be offering a compromise plan to make that happen. In the meantime, director of historic sites for the Alabama Historical Commission, Stephen McNair disputes Zeigler's allegations of political correctness.
New Book
"To Kill a Mockingbird" will not be Harper Lee's only published book after all. Publisher Harper has announced that "Go Set a Watchman," a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14th. "Go Set a Watchman" is essentially a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird."