Texas judges can now refuse to perform same-sex marriages

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[TigerClaws]

AUSTIN - Judges in Texas are now able to refuse to perform marriages for religious reasons, the state's highest court decided Friday.

While the Texas Supreme Court's addition to the judicial conduct code does not include reasoning for the change, it follows a years-long debate over whether judges within the state are obligated to perform same-sex ceremonies. Texas Supreme Court ruling

What we know:

The ruling, amending Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, was signed Friday, Oct. 24. Click to open this PDF in a new window.

The comment reads as follows:

"It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief."

The ruling is effective immediately.

[TigerClaws]

ROE is no longer the law of the land.

Is "gay marriage" the next to fall?

[BenLurkin]

Why does it have to be a religious objection?

Why not just objection?

[Telepathic Intruder]

I don’t see why this isn’t nation-wide. Religious expression should include refusing to do the devil’s work.

[SaveFerris]

["It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief."]

Son of Satan DEMOCRAT Barack Hussein Obama will probably make a Godless Reprobate comment on this...goes against his agenda for Destroying Normal Society...

[Obergefell v. Hodges -
DECIDED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015]

Look at Barack Hussein Obama as a Muslim Foreign Agent seeking to destroy America from within and then everything he did, didn't do, dragged his feet on, ALL makes complete sense




All According to SATAN'S Plan

DEMOCRAT Barack Hussein Obama's Rainbow White House HAPPENED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 - turning the White House into a Godless Reprobate Abomination



DO NO HARM, Christians, but REJECT this
Godless Reprobate Agenda. WALK AWAY.
(For the thread)

[ClearCase_guy]

Marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution. Always seemed like a 10th Amendment situation to me. If MA wants to legalize it, that's their choice. Other states don't need to go along. But NO! Supreme Court said every state had to join the party!

Meanwhile, the right to keep and bear arms IS mentioned in the Constitution, and it shall not be infringed. But, of course, each state and municipality has their own view of this, and the right gets infringed in a million ways, and everyone just has to deal with it.

[Gay State Conservative]

It'll take the fag lobby 10 minutes to find a Biden/Obama/Clinton appointed Federal judge to overrule this.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I don’t think that “religious conviction” is the best way to frame this.

[Salamander]

Good!

[SaveFerris]

[the fag lobby]

But DEMOCRAT Barack Hussein Obama sez he knows
what's best for the children! C'mon man!!!



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DO NO HARM, Americans
BUT Be SITUATIONALLY-AWARE
(For the thread)

Demand that Democrats STOP
🛑🚦🛑🚦🛑 GROOMING Children
for the LGBTQ+ HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA

[DIRTYSECRET]

Just bake the goddam cake.

[Salamander]

😆

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Excellent!

[Nervous Tick]

>> It’ll take the fag lobby 10 minutes to find a Biden/Obama/Clinton appointed Federal judge to overrule this.

Yep! And it’ll end up in the Supreme Court, which IMO may just be ready to repeal Obergefell, which was HUGE judicial overreach, just as was Roe v. Wade. (Remember Roberts voted against Obergefell last time it came up there...)

So sodomites and lezbos, go ahead and sue! Make my day!

[hanamizu]

If MA wants to legalize it, that’s their choice. Other states don’t need to go along. But NO! Supreme Court said every state had to join the party!

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Yes, SCOTUS did, but it is the Constitution that says that every state has to recognize the official actions of other stated. If you get married in MA, you are legally married in the other 49 states.

Lot’s of movies from the 40s referred to a wife moving to Reno to get a divorce because Nevada divorce laws were much more lenient than other states, especially NY where it was virtually impossible to get a divorce. Divorced in NV, you were divorced in NY.

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

The problem is the Respect for Marriage Act mandates same-sex “marriage” recognition in all 50 states, passed as a Lame Duck session in 2022 so Democrats can impose their will for all.

[gitmo]

The problem is the Respect for Marriage Act mandates same-sex “marriage” recognition in all 50 states, passed as a Lame Duck session in 2022 so Democrats can impose their will for all.

How, under the 10th amendment, can the Federal Government make such a law?

[JayGalt]

This is a big win. One should not be forced to condone or enable behavior that is objectionable to one’s conscience.

[ClearCase_guy]

Yes, SCOTUS did, but it is the Constitution that says that every state has to recognize the official actions of other stated.

My big issue is that if you have a firearms permit in AZ, and drive to another state (ex. MA) you can be in big trouble because the states in-between may or may not recognize the official actions of the other state. National reciprocity works for marriage licenses and drivers license, but not gun permits. Makes no sense.

[SaveFerris]

👍👍 🛐🛐🙏🙏✝️✝️

[hanamizu]

National reciprocity works for marriage licenses and drivers license, but not gun permits. Makes no sense.

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I understand and agree, but AZ issues a concealed-firearms permit that allows you to carry concealed in AZ (and those states that choose to recognize AZ’s permits to be valid in their states). California refuses to recognize any state’s CFP. And of course it refuses to recognize the fact that most states no longer require any permit to carry a concealed firearm.

As for drivers licenses, a few states, oddly the ones most opposed to concealed carry from other states, are now under fire for granting commercial drivers licenses for illegal aliens who are killing people with their reckless driving.

It is a symptom of how divided our nation has become. Blue states want us disarmed, have men in girls/women’s sports and bathrooms, and benefits for illegals.

A bit of an oddity for you. I live in MO and it is perfectly legal for me to buy ammunition, in Illinois by just showing my drivers license. A resident of Illinois is required to show something called a FOID to legally buy ammo.