Gay Widow Sues Alabama Due to Unfair ‘Spousal’ Treatment

A gay widow is suing Alabama for unjust treatment to same-sex couples. The state has already been challenged for falling behind in the nationwide fight for the equality in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT). Paul Hard and Charles David Fancher were legally married in Massachusetts back in 2011. They returned to Alabama to begin their lives together. Nearly two months later Fancher was involved in a fatal accident on Interstate 65; Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage caused Hard to be denied access to his husband’s hospital room after he was killed.

Hard, an associate professor and department counselor at Auburn University, recently spoke out about his unfair treatment and how it affected him and the staff at the hospital. He said he literally begged for access into his spouse’s room but was forbidden. A nurse who was working the hospital’s emergency room during Hard’s unfortunate experience told him she was … click HERE to continue reading