Alan Blinder and Richard Pérez-Peña for the New York Times:
Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabamas Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown with echoes of the battles over desegregation in the 1960s.
In major county seats like Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville, same-sex couples lined up outside courthouses as they opened and emerged smiling after being wed.
High hopes that this continues to mark progress for same-sex couples.