After Roe, archect of Texas abortn law sets sights on gay marriage

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• TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI
• TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL
• TEXAS GOP CENSUR US REP. TONY GONZAL OVER BREAKS ON GUN LAWS, GAY MARRIAGE
• SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTLISTENAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT
• AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE

TEXAS GOP'S NEW PLATFORM LLS GAY PEOPLE 'ABNORMAL' AND REJECTS TRANS INTI

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. The Texas Republin Party unveiled s official posn on LGBTQ issu over the weekend, fg homosexualy as an "abnormal liftyle choice" and also opposg "all efforts to validate transgenr inty. "Thoands of Republin activists met at the party’s biennial nventn Hoton on Saturday to agree to the party's platform on a range of issu, cludg the rejectn of the 2020 electn rults and a ll to repeal of the 1965 Votg Right Act, which was enacted to prevent discrimatn agast Black a sectn tled "Homosexualy and genr issu, " the party suggted that LGBTQ people should not be legally protected om discrimatn and that beg gay or trans is a choice.

TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL

"Homosexualy is an abnormal liftyle choice, " the 40-page rolutn reads.

"We believe there should be no grantg of special legal entlements or creatn of special stat for homosexual behavr, regardls of state of orig, and we oppose any crimal or civil penalti agast those who oppose homosexualy out of fah, nvictn, or belief tradnal valu. "The Texas Republin Party blocked the Log Cab Republins, a longstandg group of gay nservativ — which also supports many of the party’s anti-LGBTQ polici — om havg a booth at Saturday's nventn.

"The party's new official stance on sexual orientatn and genr inty also cis wh a recent natnwi surge charged rhetoric om media punds and policians about LGBTQ recent months, nservative lawmakers, televisn punds and other public figur have acced opponents of a newly enacted Florida tn legislatn — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — of tryg to “groom” or “doctrate” children. The word “groomg” has long been associated wh mischaracterizg LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgenr women, as child sex abers.

TEXAS GOP CENSUR US REP. TONY GONZAL OVER BREAKS ON GUN LAWS, GAY MARRIAGE

Hensley’s “scere relig objectns to homosexual behavr and same-sex marriage, ” the petn reads, are nstutnally protected even her role as a judge. She sought the urt’s judgment even though she had not been approached to sign a webse for a gay uple.

Xavier Becerra sce payg for preventn servic like PrEP enurag homosexual behavr, which his clients reject as addn to queer patients, straight people e PrEP dgs as well. Supreme Court to revis lgs on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsus alg wh LGBT now, a half dozen s on everythg om surance verage for HIV preventn to employment discrimatn and same-sex marriage are wendg their way through state and feral urts here.

SIX TEXAS LAWSUS TARGET GAY MARRIAGE, LGBT RIGHTS AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WAJONATHAN MCHELL, THE LAWYER WHO HELPED WRE THE ABORTN BOUNTY LAW, IS BEHD SEVERAL S THAT ULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LGBT RIGHTS. THE CY OF DALLAS' PRI FLAG (RIGHT) FLI ALONGSI THE TEXAS AND U.S. FLAGS OUTSI OF CY HALL DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 HONOR OF PRI MONTH. TEXAS IS POISED TO BEE A BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBT RIGHTS, AS NO FEWER THAN A HALF DOZEN LAWSUS ON THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE STATE'S FORMER SOLICOR GENERAL OVER THE ISSUE RECENT YEARS. (TOM FOX/THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS)(TOM FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY LREN MCGGHY7:00 AM ON JUL 21, 2022 CDTLISTENAUSTIN — IN THE WAKE OF THE TOPPLG OF ROE VS. WA AND WH JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS URGG THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIS LGS ON GAY SEX AND MARRIAGE, TEXAS IS THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL LAWSUS ALG WH LGBT RIGHTS.RIGHT NOW, A HALF DOZEN S ON EVERYTHG OM SURANCE VERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTN TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARE WENDG THEIR WAY THROUGH STATE AND FERAL URTS HERE. THEIR OUT ULD RADILLY ALTER RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNTRY.ADVERTISEMENTTHE LAWSUS ALL HAVE ONE THG MON: FORMER TEXAS SOLICOR GENERAL JONATHAN MCHELL.ADVERTISEMENTBT KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHD THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS TEXANS TO FILE CIVIL LAWSUS AGAST PEOPLE WHO HELP PREGNANT PEOPLE GET ABORTNS, MCHELL OPENED UP A LAW FIRM AT FOUR YEARS AGO WH THE GOAL OF SYSTEMATILLY DISMANTLG S OF URT LGS HE BELIEV PART OM THE U.S. CONSTUTN.BREAKG NEWSGET THE LATT BREAKG NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE DALLAS MORNG NEWS IS TRACKG SIX OF HIS S THAT ORIGATED TEXAS AND AL WH LGBT RIGHTS. HERE’S A SUMMARY OF EACH SE.RELATED:AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND MOREADVERTISEMENTGAY MARRIAGEDIANNE HENSLEY VS. STATE COMMISSN ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT (THIRD COURT OF APPEALS)BRIAN KEH UMPHRS VS. DAVID HALL, ET AL. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS)ADVERTISEMENTSUMMARY: BOTH OF THE S WERE BROUGHT BY TEXAS OFFICIALS WH THE THORY TO PERFORM WEDDGS BUT WHO DO NOT WANT TO OFFER MARRIAG TO SAME-SEX UPL BEE THEY SAY VLAT THEIR RELIG BELIEFS.ADVERTISEMENTONE SE STATE URT, FILED BY MCLENNAN COUNTY JTICE OF THE PEACE DIANNE HENSELY, ARGU THAT MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WHO ARE ERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECE THEMSELV OM PERFORMG CEREMONI FOR GAY UPL IF THE UPL HAVE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTN TO BE WED. THE OTHER SE, FERAL URT AND FILED BY JACK COUNTY JUDGE BRIAN KEH UMPHRS, MAK A SIAR ARGUMENT.BUT THE UMPHRS SE GO FURTHER, ARGUG THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN CLARED GAY MARRIAGE BANS UNNSTUTNAL 2015. IT URG THE URT TO REVIS THAT CISN.“THERE IS NO NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,” THE UMPHRS SE READS. “THE FERAL JUDICIARY HAS NO THORY TO REGNIZE OR VENT ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ NSTUTNAL RIGHTS.”ADVERTISEMENTUMPHRS’ SE IS AWAG A CISN OM THE FERAL APPEALS URT. HENSLEY’S SE IS BEFORE A STATE APPEALS URT AT.OTHER ACTORS: CHAD AND DTY FILLMORE OF FORT WORTH ARE ALSO LISTED AS LAWYERS FOR UMPHRS, AS ARE LAWYERS OM THE PLANO-BASED CHRISTIAN NONPROF LAW FIRM FIRST LIBERTY INSTUTE AND JACKSBORO-BASED FIRM SPILLER & SPILLER.POTENTIAL EFFECTS: IF MCHELL WS EHER SE, ERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WED ONLY OPPOSE-SEX UPL. IF THE UMPHRS SE PROCEEDS, THE QUTN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ULD AGA END UP BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. IN HIS NCURRG OPN THE CISN OVERTURNG ROE LAST MONTH, CLARENCE THOMAS URGED HIS FELLOW JTIC TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF A SE QUTNG THE NSTUTNAL RIGHT TO GAY MARRIAGE PRENTS SELF.RELATED:IF ROE V. WA FALLS, ARE LGBT RIGHTS NEXT? ADVERTISEMENTINSURANCE MANDAT

Their out uld radilly alter rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Texas and across the lawsus all have one thg mon: former Texas solicor general Jonathan known as the man behd the state law that allows Texans to file civil lawsus agast people who help pregnant people get abortns, Mchell opened up a law firm At four years ago wh the goal of systematilly dismantlg s of urt lgs he believ part om the U. Related:After Roe, archect of Texas abortn law sets sights on gay marriage and moreGay marriageDianne Hensley vs.

(Northern District of Texas)Summary: Both of the s were brought by Texas officials wh the thory to perform weddgs but who do not want to offer marriag to same-sex upl bee they say vlat their relig se state urt, filed by McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensely, argu that marriage officiants who are ernment officials should be able to rece themselv om performg ceremoni for gay upl if the upl have a viable alternative optn to be wed. Supreme Court erred when clared gay marriage bans unnstutnal 2015. In his ncurrg opn the cisn overturng Roe last month, Clarence Thomas urged his fellow jtic to take up the issue if a se qutng the nstutnal right to gay marriage prents self.

AFTER ROE, ARCHECT OF TEXAS ABORTN LAW SETS SIGHTS ON GAY MARRIAGE

” The su also targets the Affordable Care Act’s mechanisms for cidg which re private surers mt ver, argug giv the feral agenci and other unelected bodi undue ntrol over cisns that should rema wh su specifilly mentns ntraceptn and the HIV preventn dgs known as PreP, which the platiffs say “facilate and enurage homosexual behavr, prostutn, sexual promiscuy, and traveno dg e.

The same uld not be said for “the urt-vented rights to homosexual behavr and same-sex marriage, ” they argued.

Texas, the lgs that clared bans on gay marriage and gay sex as unnstutnal, were “as lawls” as the abortn lgs, they wrote. And by extensn, any law that remas on the books, even if is emed unnstutnal by the high urt, n be revived if the urt chang s example, Texas legislators have refed to remove the state’s bans on same-sex timate relatns and gay marriage and om the lawbooks even though they’re unenforceable. He was there when the jtice wrote one of his most memorable dissents to the 2003 Lawrence lg clarg Texas’ ban on gay sex 2010 to 2015, Mchell served as Texas’ chief appellate lawyer unr then-Attorney General Greg Abbott.