Texas couples go to court to overturn same-sex marriage ban
Source: Reuters
By Reuters
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:57 EST
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) Two gay couples in Texas will ask a federal court this week to overturn an amendment to the states constitution barring same-sex marriage that has been staunchly supported by prominent Republican party leaders.
Even though 17 states and the District of Columbia now allow same-sex marriages, the activist group Freedom to Marry says this will be the first attempt to win recognition for same-sex marriage in the deep South, where every state has a constitutional amendment or law banning the practice.
The suit in Texas, aimed at nullifying the 2005 amendment, goes to court in San Antonio on Wednesday. It was filed by a high-powered law firm on behalf of two men in the Dallas area and two women in Austin.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the front-runner in the race this year for governor, has said the state has the right to establish its own marriage policies and will defend the amendment that passed with about 70 percent of voter support.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/texas-couples-go-to-court-to-overturn-same-sex-marriage-ban/
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I hope it keeps up the pace.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am not optimistic about a lot in this country, but I think, in this matter, sanity will soon arrive.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)So many things are still spiraling out of control, but this one thing, this one beautiful example of rightness, is moving forward. For all the years of injustice, endured by countless American citizens. For all the families who were denied their basic civil rights because of who they loved, these events make us have hope this one thing will finally be realized.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)of a sister who is gay, I hope we are right.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I hope this goes somewhere.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)CFLDem
(2,083 posts)No where else to run (although I imagine troglodytes do more of a hunched over hobble).