Same-sex marriage will be legal in Alabama on Feb. 9 after a federal appeals court denied a request to stay the lower court's decision Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to The Montgomery Advertiser.
U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade originally passed down the ruling declaring Alabama's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional Jan. 23. Attorney General Luther Strange filed a motion to stay, which was granted Jan. 25.
In the original ruling, Granade ruled in favor of Cari Searcy and Kimberly McKeand, a Mobile couple, allowing Searcy to adopt McKeand's 8-year-old son.
McKeand and Searcy were married in California, according to court documents.
Alabama will become the 37th state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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