Posted on 06/26/2015 9:05:35 AM PDT by Johnny Navarone
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Same-sex couples in Texas begin obtaining marriage licenses from county clerks.
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They had to modify the applications by hand, which makes them invalid.
The rule of law doesn’t apply to the USA anymore. It doesn’t even apply to the supreme court. The supreme court is now in the business of rewriting laws.
We are a lost nation.
Why don’t states get out of the business of “marriage” licenses? If they want, then go to some church if they can find one. Then also the courts have no business in divorces.
Its been lost for quite a while now. It is just becoming more obvious.
Last March the Oklahoma State House passed legislation saying the state would stop issuing marriage licenses. This may get pushed through now.
One of my ultra-lib friends recently walked his lovely daughter down the isle and gave her hand to the daughter’s gay lover. He wasn’t smiling, and gave no indication on his Facebook page that he was happy about the whole thing. The “groom” was dressed in a pantsuit with short hair. Anyone else ever notice how gay couples seem to made up one “masculine partner” and one feminine partner.
I think that Alabama did that and that Oklahoma was moving in that direction.
Also, based on the ruling states have no choice. So why regulate it?
Only in Leftist Cloudcuckooland can subservience to government bureaucrats be viewed as a victory.
Its been lost for quite a while now. It is just becoming more obvious.
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Yep. Illegal immigration is a sure sign that our rule of law is long gone. The IRS is another prime example.
Well I hope they all get married, so they can quit living in sin.
Texas obviously taking a stand. /s
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/supreme-court-approves-gay-marriage/nmmWq/
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It is unclear yet how officials in other counties will respond, particularly after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested Thursday that clerks adopt a go-slow approach and await guidance from his office.
Williamson County posted a sign saying it would not be issuing same-sex marriage licenses until its vendor makes software changes to licensing forms. The sign noted that Travis, Bexar and Dallas counties are issuing licenses.
Hays County spokeswoman Laureen Chernow said it is not yet clear when the county will begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. County Clerk Liz Gonzalez is awaiting updated license forms from the state, Chernow said.
No Hays County couples have yet showed up to apply for a license, she said Friday morning, although some people have called about it.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also weighed in late Thursday, submitting a formal request for an attorney general’s opinion on whether county clerks or employees have the right to refuse licenses to gay couples if same-sex marriage violates their religious beliefs.
Patrick also asked if a judge or justice of the peace could refuse to conduct a same-sex wedding in violation of their religious principles.
Attorney general rulings, which typically take six months to issue, are nonbinding but carry a legal weight.
In his guidance to county clerks, Paxton indicated that his office will read the ruling with a skeptical eye.
“The position of this office is that the United States Constitution clearly does not speak to any right to marriage other than one man and one woman, and that the First Amendment clearly protects religious liberty and the right to believe in traditional marriage without facing discrimination,” he said.
“If the court suggests otherwise, prudence dictates we reflect on precisely what the court says, what it means, and how to proceed consistent with the rule of law,” Paxton said in a written statement.
So, any “marriage” that a church performs would have to be recognized as such?
Secede!
If I get married again I’ll get a conservative minister to perform the service but forego the license and have an attorney draw up a prenuptial agreement.
That along agitates liberals but I’ve already pissed them off even more by suggesting that I will do as I stated but will also find another straight friend to marry just to mock their pretend marriages.
You've just won post of the day. A lot is jammed into that statement.
I think Alabama passed in one of the legislature maybe both and basically you to to probate division I gfor property issues but no license is issued by state... Don’t know if it is technically law yet.
Most weddings performed by district judges take place in the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building, which is just south of the Records Building
Normally, there’s a mandatory 72-hour waiting period between the issuance of a license and the marriage ceremony, but judges can waive that requirement. All 13 civil district judges whose chambers are in the George Allen Building plan to grant waivers should they be called on to begin performing same-sex marriages, said Ken Molberg, the local administrative district judge.
In addition, six family court judges could be tapped to perform marriages.
If crowds become a problem, Molberg said, he will designate a gathering place where couples can wait until they find a judge.
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