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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
• JUDGE US SUPREME COURT’S GAY WEDDG WEBSE RULG FOR HER OWN ANTI-LGBTQ LAWSU
• QUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS ADVOT, EXPERTS ASKG: WHAT DO THIS TEXAS LAWMAKER WANT?GOP STATE REP. JAM WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT. WHE IS NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE.REP. JAM WHE, R-HILLISTER, SPEAKS DURG A PRS NFERENCE HELD BY TEXAS PRISONS AIR-CONDNG ADVOT ON TUDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AT THE JOHN H REAGAN STATE OFFICE BUILDG AT. WHE, WHO IS NNG THE GOP PRIMARY FOR AGRICULTURE MISSNER, LAST WEEK ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHETHER PRIVATE CIZENS NEED TO REGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAG.(ASHLEY LANDIS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY SAMI SPARBER AND LREN MCGGHY5:30 AM ON OCT 27, 2021 CDTAUSTIN — DO PRIVATE CIZENS TEXAS NEED TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG?THAT’S THE QUTN REP. JAM WHE, A REPUBLIN LAWMAKER NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE, ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAST WEEK. WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT.ADVERTISEMENTMORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI OBERGEFELL VS. HODG — AND WH FEW OTHER PROTECTNS FOR LGBTQ TEXANS — THEY WONRED, WHAT EXACTLY IS WHE’S POT?ADVERTISEMENTEXPERTS SAID THEY DIDN’T THK WHE’S REQUT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON CURRENT LAW, CHALKG UP TO POLIL POSTURG AHEAD OF A NSERVATIVE PRIMARY RACE. IT MAY BE PART OF A NSERVATIVE TREND TO LEAVE UNENFORCEABLE LAWS ON THE BOOKS SE THE LGS ARE REVERSED.POLIL POTSGET THE LATT POLICS NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE 2015 OBERGEFELL CISN MA THE BAN ON SAME SEX-MARRIAGE TEXAS AND 12 OTHER STAT UNENFORCEABLE. BUT LAWMAKERS HAVE NEVER REMOVED THE LANGUAGE, WHICH VOTERS ENSHRED THE TEXAS CONSTUTN 2005. IN AN TERVIEW WH THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS, WHE SAID HE IS NOT ASKG ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO REJECT THE URT’S LG ON GAY MARRIAGE.“SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYG, ‘OH HE’S ASKG TO SEE IF OBERGEFELL IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS,’” WHE SAID. “NO, I’M NOT SAYG THAT. IT IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS — AS APPLI TO ERNMENT OFFICIALS REGNIZG DIFFERENT MARRIAGE NSTCTS.”ADVERTISEMENTHE ADD: “BUT HOW DO APPLY TO PRIVATE CIZENS?”WHE DID NOT HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT SUATN HE SEEKS TO ADDRS NOR DID HE SAY A SPECIFIC CINT SPURRED HIM TO ASK THE QUTN AT THIS TIME.ADVERTISEMENTHE MENTNED THE RIGHTS OF CLERGY TO REJECT GAY UNNS — BUT SAID THAT IS NOT THE SOLE REASON HE FILED THIS REQUT. THEN HE WAVED OFF — BUT DID NOT PLETELY REJECT — THAT HE WANTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WEIGH ON WHETHER BS N NY SERVIC TO SAME-SEX UPL.ADVERTISEMENT“I DON’T KNOW IF BS ARE PRIVATE CIZENS,” WHE SAID, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGG THEY MAY BE OWNED OR N BY PRIVATE CIZENS. “MAYBE A PRIVATE CIZEN ULD BE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY’RE A PREACHER. ... IT ULD BE A CHURCH AN BOARD.”WHE SAID HILLISTER BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE ATTEND UNTIL RECENTLY, CHECKED S BYLAWS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT LG TO MAKE SURE FED MARRIAGE A WAY THAT WAS “NSISTENT WH CHURCH DOCTRE.”LEGAL TO TURN AWAY CTOMERS
• GAY MARRIAGE
• IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL TEXAS?
• GAY MARRIAGE LAWS IN TEXAS
• TEXANS' VIEW OF GAY MARRIAGE SHIFTS
• TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

LIMA (Rters) - A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated. Reprentativ of the office were not immediately available for is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.

However, 61% disapproved of gay people public Lima urt orred the rerds office to "proceed wh the registratn" of the woman's marriage, the Superr Court of Jtice of Lima said on urt clared "applible" an article of the Pevian Civil Co of 1984 on the fay, which refers to marriage as the voluntary unn between man and is likely that an appeal agast the lg will be 2020, a gay uple took Pe to the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights after they lost a bid for regnn of their Mexin marriage the time, the nstutnal urt led that the civil registry of Pe only regniz the marriage between a man and a untri South Ameri, cludg Argenta, Uguay, Brazil and Colombia, have legalized gay marriage recent years.

JUDGE US SUPREME COURT’S GAY WEDDG WEBSE RULG FOR HER OWN ANTI-LGBTQ LAWSU

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. Gay marriage supporters hold a pri flag ont of the U. Supreme Court before a hearg about gay marriage Washgton, D.

Unsurprisgly, Mchell oppos gay rights and said a Supreme Court brief that Obergefell v. More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). AUSTIN — Do private cizens Texas need to regnize gay marriag?

QUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS ADVOT, EXPERTS ASKG: WHAT DO THIS TEXAS LAWMAKER WANT?GOP STATE REP. JAM WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT. WHE IS NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE.REP. JAM WHE, R-HILLISTER, SPEAKS DURG A PRS NFERENCE HELD BY TEXAS PRISONS AIR-CONDNG ADVOT ON TUDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AT THE JOHN H REAGAN STATE OFFICE BUILDG AT. WHE, WHO IS NNG THE GOP PRIMARY FOR AGRICULTURE MISSNER, LAST WEEK ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHETHER PRIVATE CIZENS NEED TO REGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAG.(ASHLEY LANDIS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)BY SAMI SPARBER AND LREN MCGGHY5:30 AM ON OCT 27, 2021 CDTAUSTIN — DO PRIVATE CIZENS TEXAS NEED TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG?THAT’S THE QUTN REP. JAM WHE, A REPUBLIN LAWMAKER NNG FOR STATEWI OFFICE, ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAST WEEK. WHE’S REQUT FOR OPN ED A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BAFFLG NSTUTNAL SCHOLARS AND ANGERG GAY RIGHTS ADVOT.ADVERTISEMENTMORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI OBERGEFELL VS. HODG — AND WH FEW OTHER PROTECTNS FOR LGBTQ TEXANS — THEY WONRED, WHAT EXACTLY IS WHE’S POT?ADVERTISEMENTEXPERTS SAID THEY DIDN’T THK WHE’S REQUT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON CURRENT LAW, CHALKG UP TO POLIL POSTURG AHEAD OF A NSERVATIVE PRIMARY RACE. IT MAY BE PART OF A NSERVATIVE TREND TO LEAVE UNENFORCEABLE LAWS ON THE BOOKS SE THE LGS ARE REVERSED.POLIL POTSGET THE LATT POLICS NEWS OM NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND.EMAIL ADDRSBY SIGNG UP YOU AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICYSUBMITTHE 2015 OBERGEFELL CISN MA THE BAN ON SAME SEX-MARRIAGE TEXAS AND 12 OTHER STAT UNENFORCEABLE. BUT LAWMAKERS HAVE NEVER REMOVED THE LANGUAGE, WHICH VOTERS ENSHRED THE TEXAS CONSTUTN 2005. IN AN TERVIEW WH THE DALLAS MORNG NEWS, WHE SAID HE IS NOT ASKG ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO REJECT THE URT’S LG ON GAY MARRIAGE.“SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYG, ‘OH HE’S ASKG TO SEE IF OBERGEFELL IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS,’” WHE SAID. “NO, I’M NOT SAYG THAT. IT IS APPLIBLE TO TEXAS — AS APPLI TO ERNMENT OFFICIALS REGNIZG DIFFERENT MARRIAGE NSTCTS.”ADVERTISEMENTHE ADD: “BUT HOW DO APPLY TO PRIVATE CIZENS?”WHE DID NOT HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT SUATN HE SEEKS TO ADDRS NOR DID HE SAY A SPECIFIC CINT SPURRED HIM TO ASK THE QUTN AT THIS TIME.ADVERTISEMENTHE MENTNED THE RIGHTS OF CLERGY TO REJECT GAY UNNS — BUT SAID THAT IS NOT THE SOLE REASON HE FILED THIS REQUT. THEN HE WAVED OFF — BUT DID NOT PLETELY REJECT — THAT HE WANTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WEIGH ON WHETHER BS N NY SERVIC TO SAME-SEX UPL.ADVERTISEMENT“I DON’T KNOW IF BS ARE PRIVATE CIZENS,” WHE SAID, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGG THEY MAY BE OWNED OR N BY PRIVATE CIZENS. “MAYBE A PRIVATE CIZEN ULD BE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY’RE A PREACHER. ... IT ULD BE A CHURCH AN BOARD.”WHE SAID HILLISTER BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE ATTEND UNTIL RECENTLY, CHECKED S BYLAWS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT LG TO MAKE SURE FED MARRIAGE A WAY THAT WAS “NSISTENT WH CHURCH DOCTRE.”LEGAL TO TURN AWAY CTOMERS

Whe’s requt for opn ed a stir on social media, bafflg nstutnal scholars and angerg gay rights than six years after the U. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi Obergefell vs. In an terview wh The Dallas Morng News, Whe said he is not askg Attorney General Ken Paxton to reject the urt’s lg on gay marriage.

”Whe did not have an example for what suatn he seeks to addrs nor did he say a specific cint spurred him to ask the qutn at this mentned the rights of clergy to reject gay unns — but said that is not the sole reason he filed this requt. In Louisiana, for example, law enforcement officers arrted gay men unr the lor of that state’s ban on gay sexual ntact 2013 and 2015. ”Paxton, a Republin opposed to expandg gay rights, is up for reelectn next year.

“If he is sayg that private cizens nnot regnize same-sex marriag, then that is clearly a vlatn of the First Amendment, ” Carpenter murred when asked whether he wants Paxton to say Texans are banned om regnizg gay unns.

GAY MARRIAGE

As for his personal beliefs, Whe said he supports the “one man, one woman” fn of marriage but add that do not mean he has “had bad experienc” wh gay upl. "I jt had my first gay uple e for a marriage license and I ran them off!!

IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL TEXAS?

He had a big group of iends, a lot of other gay Mar. [Beg gay] is very foreign to them at first. And I want that to be known, please, bee the first prs headl that me out on San Saba not issug licens, they were kd of bashg her, and while I didn't agree wh her ial refal to issue licens, no gay uple had actually gone to get one yet.

"To be openly gay a small town like that is pretty rare, pecially when my Great Aunt Lolly was g up. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower urt lg that said spo of gay and lbian public employe are entled to ernment-subsidized same-sex marriage benefs.

'" The urt also cid they would take up a se volvg whether a Colorado baker n legally refe to make a weddg ke for a gay uple bee of relig objectns. That requt to the urt me more than a year after state agenci moved to extend benefs to spo of married gay and lbian employe jt days after the high urt’s lg. ↑ NPR, "Feral Judge Voids Texas Gay Marriage Ban, " Febary 26, 2014, " accsed Febary 27, 2014.

GAY MARRIAGE LAWS IN TEXAS

↑ The Tim‑Piyune, "Arguments gay marriage s om Louisiana and Texas set for January, " October 27, 2014. The Texas legislature has end another by ssn, sendg bills to the ernor that would ban red-light traffic meras, end regulatn of the plumbg dtry, make easier to de outdoors wh a dog, rry brass knuckl, and posss a gun si a rented apartment and a place of as ual, policians did not manage to repeal a homophobic law that has been unenforceable sce 2003, meang that a ban on “homosexual nduct” remas part of the Texas penal stat that is a Class C mismeanor offense, punishable wh up to a $500 fe, if a person “engag viate sexual terurse wh another dividual of the same sex” is 16 years sce the US supreme urt stck down Texas’s anti-sodomy law.

The se, Lawrence v Texas, arose after sheriff’s puti charged two men wh a mismeanor for havg sex a Hoton-area apartment Texas’s biennial legislature recently nclud s 2019 ssn whout passg any of seven Democrat-led bills that would have excised the “homosexual nduct” prohibn, which was enacted would not be plex or time-nsumg to strike out a brief sectn om the , and Democrats have tried at every regular ssn sce the supreme urt lg.

”Texas is “by fn an anti-homosexual state”, said Gar Coleman, a Democratic state reprentative om Harris unty who has filed a bill to repeal the “homosexual nduct” ban each of the past eight regular ssns. ”Acrdg to Louisiana law, the attorney general has the power to stute civil proceedgs agast bs that engage “unlawful activy aimed at anized homosexualy”. The law c homosexualy the same sentence as prostutn, nartics, extortn and embezzlement.

TEXANS' VIEW OF GAY MARRIAGE SHIFTS

A police officer El Paso, for example, threatened to arrt a group of gay men for vlatg Texas’s homosexual nduct law after two kissed a rtrant vtigatn by the Advote 2013 found that a sheriff’s office Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had arrted at least a dozen gay men g an valid sodomy law.

Florida’s prohibn of “unnatural and lasciv acts” has led to gay men beg arrted for nsensual sexual outmod Amerin statut were ced by the Rsian print, Vladimir Put, to fend his own untry’s anti-gay law a Texas legislature domated by nservativ, changg or makg laws requir Republin support. But gay rights advot are forced to vote much of their energy to stoppg lawmakers om passg new anti-LGBT bills.

TEXAS JUDGE FIGHTS TO NY WEDDG CEREMONI TO GAY UPL

One group, Equaly Texas, said s lobbyg helped kill 19 bills this year’s Texas Republin party’s platform stated until 2014 that “the practice of homosexualy tears at the fabric of society and ntribut to the breakdown of the fay un”. Its current manifto still oppos same-sex marriage and says “homosexual behavr” is agast “God’s biblil sign”. But he tends to be back 2021 for a h attempt to repeal the “homosexual nduct” law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won't fend state agency gay marriage se. Fifteen years after landmark gay rights se, same-sex upl Texas still face challeng urt.

On June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court stck down a Texas law banng gay sodomy — a watershed moment for gay rights. Consirg that all stat have their own marriage laws, you might still be wonrg: is gay marriage legal Texas?