Texas banned gay marriage

Anti-LGBT Marriage Bill Revived In Texas Senate

Senate Committee Sneaks Zombie Bill Onto Omnibus County Bill

Affiliate: ACLU of Texas

May 26, 2015 6:00 pm

AUSTIN - Just two weeks after it died in the Texas House, a measure designed to subvert a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s prohibit on same-sex marriage has been suddenly revived in the Texas Senate.

Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, chair of the Senate Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, added to an omnibus bill on county government HB 2977 by express Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, language from state Rep. Cecil Bell’s, R-Magnolia, failed HB 4105. HB 4105 would hold barred state and local officials from licensing, enforcing or recognizing a gay marriage even if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the freedom to wedding for gay and lesbian couples.

The committee first approved the revised HB 2977 Monday night. The committee took a second vote today after some committee members objected that Sen. Lucio hadn’t told them that the marriage language had been added to the bill. Sen. Lucio, a Democrat, voted with three Repub

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In November, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee). Prior to this decision, the Supreme Court of the Combined States (SCOTUS) declined to weigh in on the subject, because earlier Circuit Court of Appeals’ rulings consistently struck down declare laws banning same-sex marriage. Now, with the Circuit Courts in opposing corners, it appears that SCOTUS will be forced to address the issue sooner rather than later.

Uncertainty Awaits Same-Sex Couples in Texas

As a SCOTUS decree looms on the horizon, the future of the same-sex marriage ban in the state of Texas is making headlines. According to The Texas Observer on December 2, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging the ban asked U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia the previous week to lift his stay of a February judgment that struck down the Texas same-sex marriage ban.

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US judge declares Texas lgbtq+ marriage ban unconstitutional

A US judge has ruled Texas' ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions overturning such declare laws.

Judge Orlando Garcia ruled in favour of two gay couples who challenged the ban, but will allow the articulate to continue enforcing it pending an appeal.

Analysts declare the ruling makes it increasingly likely the legality of such bans will reach the Supreme Court.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott vowed to appeal against the decision.

"This is an issue on which there are good, well-meaning people on both sides," Mr Abbott, who is a Republican candidate for governor, said in a declaration.

"The US Supreme Court has ruled over and over again that states have the authority to define and regulate marriage."

Texas is one of the most conservative states in the US and has banned gay unions in its constitution since 2005 and by statute since 1997.

In his ruling, Determine Garcia of the federal Western District of Texas wrote that by denying same-sex couples the right to marry, the mention "[demeans] their dignity for no legitimate reason".

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Same-sex marriage became legal in Texas in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court issued their judgment in Obergefell v. Hodges. This ruling required all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

In 2022, the federal Respect for Marriage Act created statutory protections for same-sex marriages. This law requires all states to remember valid same-sex marriages performed in another state. However, it does not call for a state to issue a queer marriage license.

The marriage application process is the same for every couple in Texas.