Comparing a gay Dallas judge’s refusal to do weddings to Kim Davis doesn’t work
Theres a meme floating around social media attempting to expose the hypocrisy of the left by equating Kim Davis actions to the actions by Dallas County 116th District Judge Tonya Parker. Parker said in 2012 she wouldnt perform traditional marriages in Texas because gay marriage was banned.
The problem with the meme is its based on a flawed premise. Heres what the Texas Family Code says about wedding ceremony officiants.
Sec. 2.202. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT CEREMONY. (a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony:
(1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or priest;
(2) a Jewish rabbi;
(3) a person who is an officer of a religious organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a marriage ceremony;
(4) a justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge of the district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county courts at law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of the juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, justice of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a municipal court, retired judge of a municipal court, or judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state; and
(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of this state.
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