article_snippet: In Court ruling on Tuesday evening, Court said a previous federal ruling stating that banning same-sex marriage violates the US Constitution does not prevent the US Constitution from following state law.
article_snippet: Last month, two conservative groups appealed a decision by District Judge Callie Granade of Mobile, who ruled that Alabama's constitutional and statutory bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional.
article_snippet: Awaiting a license: In a license ruling on Tuesday evening, Court said a previous federal ruling stating that banning gay marriage violates
article_snippet: the US Constitution does not prevent the US Constitution from following state law.
article_snippet: In a dissent, Justice Greg Shaw said it was 'unfortunate' that federal courts refused to delay gay marriage in the state until the US Supreme Court could settle the issue nationally.
article_snippet: However, lawyers representing same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in Alabama said the Supreme Court showed 'callous disregard' in the Supreme Court .
article_snippet: the Supreme Court added that the Supreme Court overstepped the Supreme Court bounds by declaring that Alabama's ban on same-sex marriages is constitutional, something the justices had not been asked to consider. '
article_snippet: the Supreme Courtcame in response to a request from the Alabama Policy Institute and the Baptist-run Alabama Citizens Action Program to halt same-sex unions after Granade's ruling.
highlights_snippet: Claims previous federal ruling does not prevent previous federal ruling from following state law .
  
highlights_snippet: Federal justices ruled that banning gay marriage violates US Constitution .
  