Posted on 10/01/2009 5:41:27 PM PDT by tobyhill
A Dallas judge ruled Thursday that Texas' ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional as she cleared the way for two gay men to divorce, the Dallas Morning News reported.
State District Judge Tena Callahan said the state’s bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
While the Texas attorney general had stepped in the case to say that since a gay marriage isn’t recognized in Texas then a Texas court can’t dissolve one through divorce, Tena denied the intervention.
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They just don’t get it and probably never will.
The dumb b*tch needs to be impeached or recalled and tossed out of Texas.
This is the thing that always got me about this supposed Civil right to marry. It is called D-i-v-o-r-c-e. Civil marrigage is basically a contract. Why not just go to a lawyer and have one drawn up. NOOOOO this was and is about tearing at the fabric of the traditional family.
Where in the Constitution??? Can someone tell me where?
I would propose the unhappy couple move to Mass. or California...
Take a long romantic train ride, see if they can rekindle the spark that led them to civil union bliss...
And if it doesn’t work out for them, well, the move will handle two things...
Get them the hell out of Texas, and two, give them the opportunity to go to a state(s) to take care of their “legal” problems...
Ping!
another illiterate judge. Equal protection? They have equal protection - each person can marry one single person of the opposite sex, assuming that person consents. That’s equal for everyone. Done - nothing more equal than that.
This activist should take their illegal rulings and move to a marxist leaning state and leave Texas alone.
Her website shows her schmoozing with Chris Bell, Democratic candidate for
Texas governor. That explains the lack of moral conscience.
It turns out she’s up for re-election in 2010 and is already seeking funds for her campaign. Here’s her website; spread the word to support her opponent.
They used the backdoor to over turn the ban by attempting to get a divorce.
And while this will be overturned, at some point there will be a case that goes to the SCOTUS and gay marriage will win n an EPC claim.
They have the votes, Stevens, Bryer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kennedy.
I thought I voted for a constitutional amendment to define marraige. I guess that was unconstitutional? What a joke!
Is this TEXAS we’re talking about????
The people have spoken! Judges can’t overturn what the people have approved!
Good find! Spread the word, Texas Freepers.
You know what to do Dallas. Send this judge packing.
If that were a valid argument, interracial marriage bans would not have been struck down by the SCOTUS.
So how do you remove a judge who does not respect your state constitution?
Some states will allow a recall of judges, I don’t know if Texas does.
>State District Judge Tena Callahan said the state’s bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
That only is possible if you accept a gender-neutral definition of marriage, which most of us don’t... as evidenced by even CALIFORNIA’S prop. 9 passage.
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