As the gay marriage bate plays out the Fifth Circu Court New Orleans today, over 40 years ago a small chapel off the Gulf Freeway a number of people wnsed Texas’ first gay marriage. Not everyone prent was aware was a gay marriage and that’s where the story begs...
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- AT GAY COUPLE BE FIRST TO WED TEXAS, DPE BAN
- A TIMELE OF GAY MARRIAGE TEXAS
- THE FIRST 72 HOURS OF LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE TEXAS HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL
- TEXAS’ FIRST GAY MARRIAGE 1972
AT GAY COUPLE BE FIRST TO WED TEXAS, DPE BAN
Two At women ma history Thursday when they beme the first gay uple to legally wed the state. But after the Texas Supreme Court tervened, attorneys for the state and for the uple disagreed on whether the marriage is valid. * first gay marriage in texas *
Supreme Court upholds state bans on gay marriage, then today’s weddg At will be meangls bee Texas still will not regnize same-sex marriag. ”(AP Photo | Eric Gay).
Dpe Texas’ longstandg ban on same-sex marriag, two At women ma history on Thursday morng when they beme the first gay uple to legally wed the state.
A TIMELE OF GAY MARRIAGE TEXAS
The story of Texas' first gay marriage was the 1972 versn of a viral sensatn,... * first gay marriage in texas *
But the orr by state District Judge David Wahlberg of Travis County was temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon, preventg other gay upl om obtag marriage licens. Wahlberg’s orr me on the heels of Tuday's lg by Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman that said banng gay marriage is illegal. After Herman’s lg prompted uncertaty among officials who were unsure what effect has on gay marriage the unty, Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to tervene that se and halt Herman’s lg.
The nstutnaly of the state’s gay marriage ban is also beg nsired at the feral level.
5th Circu Court of Appeals is expected to le on Texas’ gay marriage ban.
THE FIRST 72 HOURS OF LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE TEXAS HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL
Straight upl were forced to wa for licens, Texas’s attorney general ptured the world’s attentn, and a lot of gay upl got married. * first gay marriage in texas *
Supreme Court has also agreed to hear four gay marriage s. Although the urt orr only applied to the one At uple, advot for gay marriage were quick to celebrate on Thursday.
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TEXAS’ FIRST GAY MARRIAGE 1972
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In reportg on the challeng faced by gay upl who sought marriage licens the immediate wake of the urt’s lg, At Amerin-Statman reporter Claire Osborn found somethg else fascatg Williamson County: namely that, as the nservative Central Texas unty attempted to lay issug licens to same-sex upl, also spent a portn of the day on Friday layg the issuance of all marriage licens, cludg to oppose-sex upl. But there’s a real ntrast between wag a uple of hours for a marriage to be regnized and wag s, as many gay upl have.
“Travis County is issug gay marriage licens, ” Spears said while wag the lobby. Travis County—and other unti throughout the state—issued those licens before Attorney General Ken Paxton issued his statement offerg guidance to clerks and jtic of the peace regards to how Texas would be handlg gay marriage after the Court’s ’s statement fally me late the afternoon on Sunday, and quickly beme a natnal headle. Texas, of urse, isn’t the only state that had a ban on gay marriag that was overturned by the lg, but ’s the only state where the attorney general sisted that unty clerks were ee to disregard the urt’s lg and refe to procs marriage licens for same-sex upl if vlated their relig beliefs.
Paxton’s opn also ntends that jtic of the peace who object to gay marriage are ee to cle to perform ceremoni, sce they’re not required by their official job duti to perform them for anyone. Supreme Court, and when the Supreme Court l that “the Fourteenth Amendment guarante gay people the right to get married, ” that right is nstutnally protected and nnot be ged upon by state law any more than the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the Send Amendment, and on down the le. Ultimately, as unty clerks who object to procsg marriage license paperwork for gay upl beg followg Paxton’s advice, we’ll see some clary om the urts.