Legislative leaders denounced the ruling of "a single unelected and unaccountable federal judge" or saw the ruling as evidence that "traditional values espoused by Alabamians have begun to erode even in our conservative state."
阿拉巴马州立法机构的领导人纷纷谴责该判决是由“一个未经选举产生并且不负责任的联邦法官”做出的，或认为这项裁决是“阿拉巴马人所奉行的传统价值观在我们保守的州开始被腐蚀”的证明。