Sorry guys, but with the total constitutional crisis we have here you're going to have a hard time impressing me with some asshat from Alabama.

Marriage is soooo 20th century!

OK impeachment may be a bit different there. There must be something to bar him from his job considering he used his tax funded position in the judiciary for something that is illegal though.
Many teachers have warned me against it.

Actually, the judge was removed from office after refusing to take down a 10 commandments monument. He was re-elected afterwords.

Edit: "s/impeached/removed from office"

Rightfully so. How could gaining legal ownership of your partner improve a relationship?

The US Attorneys in that district issued a letter last night, not long after he went rogue, which as noted he has done before. I'll paraphrase the contents here: "you're dumb."

At least a few county officials have already said they're completely ignoring him.

My guess is he will be removed from office. Again.

EDIT: (at least some) text of the letter:
"The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has issued an administrative order, directing probate judges that they may not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year on marriage equality. We have grave concerns about this order, which directs Alabama probate judges to disobey the ruling of the Supreme Court. Government officials are free to disagree with the law, but not to disobey it. This issue has been decided by the highest court in the land and Alabama must follow that law."

Oh geez. Ray Moore is not a supreme court justice. Don't scare me like that - for a supreme court justice to declare that would mean there was a big loophole somewhere.

[EDIT] He is a justice of the Alabama supreme court - not the same thing as a supreme court justice.

Actually, from what I've heard, a lot of people (in Germany, at least) take that step to gain some tax advantages and other legal nonsense that I have no idea of.
(Other than that, vowing you'll stick with one person until you die seems like an utterly romantic concept - if you don't look at it as "ownership", legal or otherwise. Not my kind of thing either, but hey!)

I know, but this shouldn't be the reason.

You don't need the states permission for any vow and the official contract isn't really about this anymore anyway.
It's called "marriage contract" in Germany indeed by the way and that's not really romantic.

Yes, the south is filled with idiots. They vote against their own self-interest all the time. Mississippi is right there with Alabama. Probably the best two states to avoid. South Carolina just recently got rid of the confederate flag as their state flag. Just to give an idea of the complete stupidity here. NY times, I think it was, did a poll of people collecting some sort government payout, and over half did not even recognize that they were on such a program and were against them.

It's not so much fanatical christians as it is stupid people. As long as a person says or does stuff that is christian, religion is considered ok in this country. Infringe on the rampant christian stupidity, and all hell breaks loose with cries of political correctness and such. For instance, it is now common to say "Happy Holidays" by businesses instead of "Merry Christmas" because of the christian context, that's considered "a war on christmas". It's just stupid.

I'm not very familiar with US law but can a State Court go against the Supreme Court?

No.

No, but it doesn't prevent someone from being stupid.

[EDIT] ninja'd!

Not the reason, but a reason, if you're certain you'll be spending the rest of your life or, since marriage isn't even sacred anymore, a considerable amount of time, with your current partner.

Nah, but the whole white dress/tuxedo ceremony thing with the music and the flowers and the vowing ... Gee, I thought I was cynical. :p