The ACLU of Texas works to protect, fend, and expand the nstutnal and civil rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) Texans. Texas is home to the send largt populatn of LGBTQIA+ people the untry, yet across the state, LGBTQIA+ Texans lack basic protectns. Many face discrimatn, harassment, bullyg, and
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- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- TEXAS AG WON'T FEND STATE AGENCY GAY MARRIAGE SU, CG BELIEFS
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
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The ACLU of Texas works to protect, fend, and expand the nstutnal and civil rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) Texans.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suggted support for the Supreme Court re-examg precents allowg gay marriage and the ee e of ntraceptiv after the end of Roe v. Texas, the urt forba stat om outlawg nsensual gay sex, and 2015, Obergefell v. The Supreme Court led that stat n’t outlaw nsensual gay sex the 2003 se Lawrence v.
TEXAS AG WON'T FEND STATE AGENCY GAY MARRIAGE SU, CG BELIEFS
Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Courty First LibertyThe jtice, Dianne Hensley, sued the Commissn on Judicial Misnduct last month after issued a nonbdg warng over her yearslong refal to marry gay upl while ntug to marry heterosexual attorney general, Ken Paxton, a Republin, said he will not fend the missn the lawsu bee s actns nflict wh his views of the Constutn.
But Hensley, a Christian, argued she uld ntue officiatg straight marriag and refer gay upl elsewhere bee same-sex marriage nflicts wh her personal relig Gafford, right, forts his partner of 28 years, Jeff Sralla, left, as they stand before Judge Amy Clark Meachum to obta a time waiver at the Travis County Courthoe after the U. Supreme Court led that same-sex upl have the right to marry natnwi, on June 26, 2015, At, Gay / AP fileThe missn’s warng last month ced a 2017 terview which Hensley told The Wa Tribune that followg the Obergefell cisn, she ially chose not to perform any marriag but then had a change of heart.
She said she served a “relig exemptn” om marryg gays as a “Bible-believg” Christian. (AP Photo/Eric Gay). (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Eric Gay, Copyright 2023 The Associated Prs.
IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen hop to spire others by publicly g out as gay. Katie Sowers was the first female NFL ach to e out as gay.