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Alabama Chief Justice Orders Judges to Refuse Gay Marriage Licenses

Aleksander Chan · 02/09/15 08:55AM

On the eve of the first legal gay marriages in Alabama, the state's chief justice, Roy S. Moore, issued an order to the state's probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. A federal judge struck down Alabama's ban on and constitutional amendment against gay marriage last month.

Holy Shit Look at This Giant Alligator Pulled Out of an Alabama Swamp

Aleksander Chan · 08/18/14 12:38PM

It took an Alabama family five hours to wrestle a 15-foot-long alligator from a swamp in Camden, Ala. over the weekend—the largest legal alligator killing by an Alabama hunter ever. After breaking a winch used to weigh gator catches, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Biologists used a backhoe to lift the gator's body, which came in at 1,011.5 pounds.

Thousands of Girls Still Dying to Pledge Alabama's Racist Sororities

Allie Jones · 08/11/14 11:57AM

It's sorority rush week at the University of Alabama, and over 2,250 girls—the most to ever rush at Alabama or any school in the country—are currently marching from house to house, grit-smiling their way through small talk and idiotic skits in the hopes of becoming Chi Os or KDs. This is just one year after the student paper revealed that these all-white organizations purposely blocked black women from membership well into the 21st century.

This Dog Is Only Half a Dog

Adam Weinstein · 06/06/14 10:35AM

Meet Pig. Pig the dog of Birmingham, Alabama. She was the big new star of Do Dah Day. And y'all know how B'ham is about its Do Dah Day dogs, bless their hearts. Pig is kinda screwed-up, aesthetically, which of course just deepens the Five Tuesdays In Heaven With Marley and Me narrative potential, fulfilled here by the Birmingham News' Joey Kennedy:

Alabama Republican Gets Right to the Point With This Gun Parade Float

Adam Weinstein · 04/22/14 12:00PM

Are you from Talladega? Do you like guns? But I repeat myself. The point is: Your conservative state representative likes guns. A lot. He's a big fan of big guns. With big barbecue smokers inside of them. Now, who are you voting for in November?

U. of Alabama Greeks Win Fight For Their Right to Be Racist Dicks

Adam Weinstein · 03/24/14 03:01PM

Last summer, the University of Alabama campus was rocked by allegations that the fabled Greek scene was racist. Well, not allegations: The school's all-white sororities rejected two women because they weren't white. The school's student Senate had a chance to fix things. But last week, they said "fuck it."

Alabama Legislators Approve Bill Requiring School Prayer Every Morning

Adam Weinstein · 02/24/14 12:31PM

A key committee in Alabama's House of Representatives has pushed through a bill requiring teachers and students at all of the state's public schools to spend 15 minutes every morning in Christian prayer, even though a majority of legislators present say they opposed the measure.