Heads and tales: It’ll register

vote Before the booth: If you want to vote in the primaries on 6/6/(0)6 and you haven’t registered, today is your last chance. The registrar’s office has more info: 325-5550 (Birmingham) or 481-4105 (Bessemer) for Jefferson County and 669-3913 for Shelby County. You can also find more info online for Jefferson County. What’s at stake? We’re glad you asked …
• Deadline to register to vote is May 26 [Birmingham News]

Wedded abyss: Alabama already has a law prohibiting gay marriage. But on June 6, voters can also amend the constitution to prohibit gay marriage. There’s an inappropriate joke about covering your ass, but we won’t make it. Meanwhile, are gays becoming more accepted in Alabama? Said one Montgomery school board employee: “We believe in hospitality — being kind to people whether you approve of their lifestyle or not. But the homosexual community is trying to force us into accepting something that’s immoral.” Why, just the other day, a gang of roving gay men forced us to have an appletini … and we liked it. The shame, the shame.
• Gay marriage ban vote nears [Montgomery Advertiser]

Get the leader out: Meet the major candidates, and read about their stances on taxes and education. Then vote. If you don’t, then you love/hate the Ten Commandments and/or lotteries and/or gay marriage. Traitor.
• Gubernatorial issues [Birmingham News]

Pepper denizens: A friendly reminder: Pepper Place Saturday Market kicks off Saturday in Lakeview [map] and runs through Oct. 7. But don’t wake up Oct. 8 and be all like, “I totally meant to go, but I kept forgetting, and I had to go out of town …” Blah blah blah. Our pal Franklin Biggs of Franklin’s Homewood Gourmet will make ginger-marinated peaches with pound cake just for you at 9 a.m. But if you’re inclined to sleep in, the market will also be at Linn Park downtown from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays starting June 7. Now, no excuses.
• Pepper Place market opens this weekend [Birmingham News]

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