Posted on 10/03/2009 7:12:27 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
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 states bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
While the Texas attorney general had stepped into the case to say that because a gay marriage isnt recognized in Texas, a Texas court cant dissolve one through divorce, Tena denied the intervention.
The two Dallas men in the case married three years ago in Massachusetts, the first state to allow gays to marry.
"This is the first time that a same-sex marriage is allowed to be divorced in the state of Texas, which is big," said Pete Schulte, the attorney who represents one of the men.
Schulte said Texas was the only place where they could file for divorce because they live in the state and have established residency.
"I have a feeling there are going to be opponents who say this is going to allow the floodgates of gay marriage to open, and I disagree with that," he said. "Gay marriage and gay divorce are two seperate things."
Attorney General Greg Abbott released a statement saying that he will appeal the ruling.
The laws and constitution of the State of Texas define marriage as an institution involving one man and one woman. Today's ruling purports to strike down that constitutional definition -- despite the fact that it was recently adopted by 75 percent of Texas voters, he said.
Lashard Williams, a supporter of gay marriage, said he believes the judge's ruling is a step in the right direction.
"One day, I might decide to get married, and I'm born and raised here in Dallas, and I'd like to do it here in Texas," he said.
The judge seems to be saying the State Constitution is unconstitutional.
An MRI of the judge’s brain would show a large pretzel.
"Homosexual" itself is a PC, pseudo-scientific word...only made up in Europe in the late 1800s--under the theory there was a 3rd sex...
The traditional word is bugger, or sodomite, or just plain sexual pervert.
Language is important, as it forms opinion... and, at the risk of being called out as rude, we really should you accurate terms.
It was only a matter of time before a lib judge declare a Constitution to be Unconstitutional.
It’s a STATE constitutional amendment. The judge is claiming that amendment violates the FEDERAL constitutional guarantee of equal protection under law.
This is what makes it so dangerous...as all it would take is a federal judge to agree with her...(and the Supremes to duck the issue) and it becomes de facto law in every state.
Which is why McCain et al. are so foolish to avoid a federal constitutional amendment to protect marriage.
Thanks. I guess I can now use ASP (abnormal sexual pervert) to make writing it easier.
Well Tena, you may site man's words in the 14th amendment, but G-d's word you cannot change. Not one jot or tittle.
5.56mm
The first prerequisite for a judgeship is that she be a contortionist.
“The judge is claiming that amendment violates the FEDERAL constitutional guarantee of equal protection under law.”
So then laws against polygamy are also unconstitutional?
(That’s next,folks........it’s all part of the agenda!)
THE 1972 GAY RIGHTS PLATFORM
(Formulated in Chicago, Illinois.)
8. Repeal of all legislative provisions that restrict the sex or number of persons entering into
a marriage unit; and the extension of legal benefits to all persons who cohabit regardless
of sex or numbers. (1972 State-8)
http://www.afa.net/homosexual_agenda/ha1972.htm
They’ve made quite a bit of “progress,” haven’t they?
And what happens if Zero makes all the illegals ‘legal’ and eligible to vote via amnesty (which he’s already talking about doing)? What then? Do you really think we here in Texas will EVER be able to defeat these leftist perverts again....legally?
If you think that, you’re delusional. This pervasive take-over of America has to be stopped.
Polygamy, incest, bestiality, necrophilia, pedophilia...
Yep, throw out the moral basis of sex (the bible) and logically....eventually...ANYTHING goes.
Morally I have to say too—though several wives is wrong, male-male sodomy is a lot worse. This is why it’s acceptance must open the door to the above....
If Texas secedes from the union there will be a mass migration to the state and I too may well think about it.
Texas is one of the last bastions of freedom in the country if they ever secede I will be there with them.
"Fairy-age"?.
Simple. What's in the constitution is unconstitutional.
Whoops, that would be Brutus not Bruno, dang Georgia-LSU game distracting me. Great ending (Last 4:00 was exciting football) unless you are a Georgia fan, tough loss.
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