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Mom Intervenes in Suit Over Same-Sex Marriage

Alabama Public Radio | By Associated Press
Published April 3, 2014 at 9:33 PM CDT
A judge says two women who were legally married in Iowa can't divorce in Alabama, which doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.
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A judge says two women who were legally married in Iowa can't divorce in Alabama, which doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.

The mother of an accident victim is now involved in a federal lawsuit filed by his same-sex partner, who is trying to overturn Alabama's ban on gay marriage. A federal judge in Montgomery says Pat Fancher can intervene in a lawsuit filed after the death of 53-year-old David Fancher. Fancher's longtime partner, Paul Hard, sued in December. The two men were legally married in Massachusetts, but Alabama law doesn't recognize same-sex marriages. Hard's lawsuit asks a court to strike down Alabama laws banning same-sex unions. Pat Fancher says in court documents she doesn't want to share her son's estate with Hard. She also says she opposes same-sex marriage. Fancher is being represented by the Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, which was founded by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
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