Tex. bill would bar local officials from issuing same-sex-marriage licenses

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I know hatred when I see it. This is hatred.

Tex. bill would bar local officials from issuing same-sex-marriage licenses

Politics
By Sandhya Somashekhar May 11 at 9:07 PM 
@sandhyawp

Texas Republicans are pushing legislation to bar local officials from granting same-sex couples licenses to marry, launching a preemptive strike against a possible U.S. Supreme Court ruling next month that could declare gay marriage legal.

Supporters of the measure, which is scheduled for a vote as soon as Tuesday in the Texas House, said it would send a powerful message to the court. Taking a cue from the anti-abortion movement, they said they also hoped to keep any judicially sanctioned right to same-sex marriage tied up in legal battles for years to come.

The measure, by Rep. Cecil Bell, a Republican from the outskirts of Houston, would prohibit state and local officials from using taxpayer dollars “to issue, enforce, or recognize a marriage license . . . for a union other than a union between one man and one woman.”

Bell said the bill “simply preserves state sovereignty over marriage.” ... Gay rights advocates condemned it as mean-spirited and discriminatory.

[LiberalFighter]

1. The local officials should then have their salary reduced.

[shenmue]

4. By 100%

[marym625]

2. I really hate to hate. But these people make me hate them

They want the hate, which makes me hate them more

[Downwinder]

3. Local Officials are paid by the County.

Let the County take the hit.

[swimboy]

5. That will change

right after the United States invades and takes control of the territory.