A traveler at John F. Kennedy Internatnal Airport acsted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposn to gay marriage as Abbott was wag wh his fay to...
Contents:
- TEXAS GAY MARRIAGE: TWO IENDS WHO TOOK OPPOSE SIS THE URTROOM
- GOV. GREG ABBOTT BACKS CONTENT ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- EX-JUDICIAL PANELISTS: ABBOTT OTED THEM OVER GAY MARRIAGE
- TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT ACSTED OVER GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE AT JFK AIRPORT
- TEXAS' ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT VOWS TO DEFEND GAY MARRIAGE BAN AS COUPL FILE LAWSU
- TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT PROMIS APPEAL TO GAY MARRIAGE LG
- GOV. ABBOTT ACSTED BY TRAVELER ANGERED OVER GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE
- TEXAS URT HEARS SE THAT ULD NT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHT
- GREG ABBOTT CELEBRAT SIGNG OF STUPID, USELS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL
TEXAS GAY MARRIAGE: TWO IENDS WHO TOOK OPPOSE SIS THE URTROOM
Gov. Greg Abbott is publicly gettg behd an anti-gay marriage "relig objectns" bill. Abbott says he hop to see the Prervatn of Sovereignty and Marriage Act on his sk. * greg abbott gay marriage *
Gay people still have the eedom to marry… members of the oppose sex. For gay upl who want to get married, Abbott hts at a solutn: Fd an oppose-sex partner.
As the San Anton Exprs-News put a headle yterday: “Gay marriage ban stuted for kids’ sake. Well, not even procreatn per se—more like, the statistil relatnship between excludg gay upl om marriage and the creased likelihood of procreatn wh straight marriage. Put another way: Abbott wants to ban gay upl om gettg married to enurage straight upl to have children.
Abbott nnot argue that marriage is about child-rearg, or the welfare of children, bee gay upl are perfectly willg and able to raise children. (Ined, gay upl raisg kids Texas face all sorts of legal problems bee of Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage; the Abbott brief says not a word about this real-world problem for children and their parents, cludg Cleopatra Leon and Nile Dimetman, the platiffs the se.
GOV. GREG ABBOTT BACKS CONTENT ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL
HOUSTON (AP) — Two former members of the State Commissn on Judicial Conduct said they believe Texas Gov. Greg Abbott removed them om the panel bee he disagreed wh them over a same-sex marriage se. Abbott, a Republin, had appoted Amy Suhl and Maricela Alvarado to the missn June of last year but pulled their nam when me time for the Texas Senate to nfirm them ne months later. They told the Hoton Chronicle that they were told the ernor had simply cid to proceed a different directn, but they said they believe he oted them bee they voted to warn a Wa judge who officiat over oppose-sex marriag but ref to perform same-sex marriag. Suhl rerd a meetg wh Abbott's staff and a later telephone ll. The rerdgs, which were reviewed by the Chronicle, dite that Abbott ais were advisg her to act wh Abbott's views md. As wh other Texas Republin lears, Abbott champns the rights of Texans to practice their fah on the job and public service. That has nflicted wh the rights of gay, lbian and transgenr Texans. Abbott spokman John Wtman said all cisns on appotments “are ma based solely on mer." Suhl is a retired rmatn technology executive and Alvarado is a retired Army litenant lonel. It's unclear how the removal of the two missners affected the fal cisn their se. However, an actn ma public on Monday, the missn issued a warng to Dianne Hensley, a jtice of the peace for McLennan County Precct 1, for refg to officiate weddgs of persons of the same sex while performg oppose-sex weddgs. The warng is one of the lser disciplary actns the missn n take. Suhl said the Abbott staff aimed to “change them out wh the hope that maybe more people would vote the way they want. I thought was wrong. That missn is there to serve the public, to make sure judg are operatg ethilly, and not to serve any one group's tert.” The missn nsists of six judg appoted by the Texas Supreme Court, two lawyers appoted by the State Bar of Texas and five cizens appoted by the ernor who are neher lawyers or judg. The panel is an pennt state agency charged to ‘’protect the public, promote public nfince the tegry, pennce, petence, and impartialy of the judiciary, and enurage judg to mata high standards of nduct both on and off the bench," acrdg to the agency webse. It meets six tim a year and s actns may be appealed to a special urt of review selected by the chief jtice of the Texas Supreme Court. The Texas Constutn stat that s before the missn are to be nfintial, But the Hensley se divid the missn eply, Suhl said. Alvarado said that after an ial vote favor of sanctns late 2018, Abbott's staff lled her for a meetg, ostensibly for trag. Instead, they qutned her about how she cid s. After learng of Alvarado's experience, Suhl cid to secretly rerd her own meetg wh Abbott's staff. The rerdg revealed an Abbott staffer askg, “What are you g to gge what you thk the ernor would want you to be dog? Bee I'm not sure we've given you those tools yet, and that's what I thk our ncern is." Suhl said she heard nothg more om Abbott's office until a staff member told her the ernor had “cid to go a different directn.” * greg abbott gay marriage *
Even for those wh spo who n’t nceive, Abbott argu, banng gay marriage will keep you om sleepg around and havg kids out of wedlock that the rt of have to pay for. INTERACTIVE MAP: The march of gay marriageNow, for the last several months, they have been at the oppose ends of one of the natn’s most ntent issu as played out the Texas urts, the battle over legalizatn of same-sex marriage. Phariss, 54, and Abbott, 56, first met the 1980s at Vanrbilt Universy law school was nservative, Phariss more liberal, and at that pot not yet openly gay.
Phariss was openly gay wh iends, but not wh bs associat. Instead, he and Holm have been ntacted by gay upl om south and wt Texas exprsg support. ”The se is an tensely personal battle for Phariss, as is for many other gay and lbian upl across the untry.
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EX-JUDICIAL PANELISTS: ABBOTT OTED THEM OVER GAY MARRIAGE
Gay upl’ right to wed will be challenged legally across the South, cludg Louisiana, after recent urt victori for proponents * greg abbott gay marriage *
Supreme Court heard historic arguments over gay marriage.
This marks the first time Abbott has publicly backed one of a number of proposals that opponents nsir anti-gay.
TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT ACSTED OVER GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE AT JFK AIRPORT
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The bill was filed the Senate on the same day last week that the Supreme Court heard the landmark gay marriage se. The bill, otherwise known as the "Prervatn of Sovereignty and Marriage Act, " says no state or lol funds uld be ed to "license, register, certify or support" gay marriage.
It would also prohib officials om regnizg, grantg or enforcg gay marriage licens. That has nflicted wh the rights of gay, lbian and transgenr Texans.
TEXAS' ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT VOWS TO DEFEND GAY MARRIAGE BAN AS COUPL FILE LAWSU
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office was workg on an appeal Thursday of a feral judge's cisn to lift the state's ban on gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia led a day earlier that the ban was unnstutnal. * greg abbott gay marriage *
Louisiana, a gay rights group plans a legal challenge to the Louisiana. Fom for Equaly Louisiana and four gay married upl have lled a. Service policy allowg legally married gay upl to file jot feral tax.
partment requir that a gay uple filg as married on a feral tax return. Legal challenge also addrs other stanc which legally married gay. Greg Abbott over his opposn to gay marriage as Abbott was wag wh his fay to board a flight home.
""The only way that homosexual advot w this se is if feral judg abe their power, legislature om the bench and vlate nearly every prciple of law and policy our state and untry. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office was workg on an appeal Thursday of a feral judge's cisn to lift the state's ban on gay marriage. There are civil rights lawsus 24 stat askg urts to overturn bans on state gay marriage bans, and gay rights groups have won recent victori other nservative stat, cludg Utah and Oklahoma.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT PROMIS APPEAL TO GAY MARRIAGE LG
A traveler at a New York airport acsted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposn to gay marriage as Abbott was wag wh his fay to board a flight to At. * greg abbott gay marriage *
Democratic attorneys general at least six stat — Virgia, Pennsylvania, California, Illois, Oregon and Nevada — have cled to fend same-sex-marriage bans that have been challenged urt by gay upl. But she also noted that both sis of the bate are g that 5-4 lg, which lled the failure to regnize gay marriage meang to homosexuals but also rerced the prciple that stat set marriage rights groups across the untry have filed lawsus g the first part of the lg. Cleopatra De Leon and Nile Dimetman filed a lawsu sayg Texas officials vlated their rights by not regnizg their marriage nducted a state where gay marriage is legal.
GOV. ABBOTT ACSTED BY TRAVELER ANGERED OVER GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednday a Hoton se that top Republins hope will provi an openg to chip away at the landmark 2015 lg legalizg gay marriage natnwi. * greg abbott gay marriage *
"Another gay uple filed a separate lawsu feral urt At.
Greg Abbott over his opposn to gay marriage as Abbott was wag wh his fay to board a flight to At.
TEXAS URT HEARS SE THAT ULD NT GAY MARRIAGE RIGHT
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott is llg attentn to a ment Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke ma 2019 which he said church opposed to gay marriage... * greg abbott gay marriage *
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednday a Hoton se that top Republins hope will provi an openg to chip away at the landmark 2015 lg legalizg gay marriage natnwi.
Hodg that the Constutn grants gay upl seekg to marry “equal digny the ey of the law. Supreme urt lg legalized gay marriage, don’t require ernmental enti to offer taxpayer-fund, same-sex benefs to their employe. Supreme Court’s legalizatn of gay marriage but also s strikg down last summer of many of the state’s tough abortn rtrictns.
”Texas voters had 2005 approved a state ban on gay marriage, and attorney general Paxton ially suggted that unty clerks wh personal relig objectns uld fy the U.
GREG ABBOTT CELEBRAT SIGNG OF STUPID, USELS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL
But gay marriag have been unimped the state sce isn’t the first state to go down this legal road.