there s just a litany of duties and responsibilities of married couples that we just were not afforded with the commitment ceremony. for me, when i first saw your pictures and the story about you, i think it was buzzfeed maybe where i saw that i ended up posting you guys to my instagram on that day because i love the idea that in this moment in alabama, where four little black girls were murdered in a church where the children, often african-american young women and girls marched across the bridge just a few blocks from here that of course on the next part of the civil rights journey it would be us. who else would it be? but i guess i m wondering about standing in that position of woman, of queer, of black, and of southern. how do you navigate those identities? you can only navigate it wholeheartedly. doing this work is very necessary to be intentional
while they can now enjoy the legal protection of marriage, not all alabama couples are able tone joy this basic civil right. on tuesday the alabama supreme court ordered probate judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses, stating that alabama s same-sex marriage ban still stands. and now the u.s. supreme court has agreed to begin hearing oral arguments about whether states are allowed to ban same-sex marriage on april 28th. this would allow the court to finally resolve this civil rights question possibly by the end of june. wedding season. in the meantime shontae and tori celebrating their marriage and life together. the alabama newlyweds join me now. i am so happy to have the two of you with me today. you all had already undergone a commitment ceremony. yes. why was marriage important? because there s no way for me to contact the hospital if something happens to her.
i do think, as is an dr. suggested, i think that whenever you got a ruling of this consequence, there are going to be challenges that follow. and when the court tried to limit it said certainly you couldn t rely on this decision to say that you can discriminate against someone based on race. and but that left open, well, what about you know, a challenge to someone who says that i don t believe want to photograph your same-sex commitment ceremony because i have religious objections to it. will this decision lead to opt-outs for laws that require people to treat everyone the same regardless of their sexual orientation. will it allow employers to say yea want to hire women because my religious beliefs say that they belong at home. the court really did take great pains to say this was a narrow decision but whether it will be really remains to be seen. i think there is a lot more discussion to be had on this. it is a change to summer
another room yelling at god. he s here with his parents live. breaking tonight, new reaction after the u.s. supreme court refuses to hear a case. welcome to the kelly file. i m megyn kelly. allowing a 2013 mexico supreme court ruling to stand. that decision finding that the christian owners of a photography company do not, do not have the right to refuse the commitment serm commitment ceremony same-sex couple. in refusing to hear this case, our next guest argues we may be seeing president that stretches far behind this one state. a lot of folks had been waiting to see whether the u.s. supreme court would take up this case today, tony. they said they would not, that allows this ruling to stand,
he s here with his parents live. breaking tonight, new reaction after the u.s. supreme court refuses to hear a case. welcome to the kelly file. i m megyn kelly. allowing a 2013 mexico supreme court ruling to stand. that decision finding that the christian owners of a photography company do not, do not have the right to refuse the commitment serm commitment ceremony same-sex couple. in refusing to hear this case, our next guest argues we may be seeing president that stretches far behind this one state. a lot of folks had been waiting to see whether the u.s. supreme court would take up this case today, tony. they said they would not, that allows this ruling to stand,