Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling on the Texas Supreme Court to invalidate the state鈥檚 first same-sex marriage. Paxton filed with the high court just after noon today.
The court granted Paxton鈥檚 request for a stay Thursday, which had the effect of preventing other same-sex marriage licenses from being issued. But that left unanswered the question of Suzanne Bryant and Sarah Goodfriend鈥檚 marriage. They wed at the AG真人百家乐 County Clerk鈥檚 office yesterday after a judge granted a special order, citing the health of one of the women.
In Paxton's filing, he says that invalidating the marriage is "necessary to avoid the legal chaos that would follow if the trial court's ruling is mistakenly interpreted as authorization for the creation or recognition of same-sex marriages in AG真人百家乐 County or throughout the state."
Texas still has a statewide ban on same-sex marriage; the constitution specifies that marriage is between one man and one woman. The U.S. Supreme Court could settle the question of whether or not state marriage bans are unconstitutional this summer.
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