Posts Tagged ‘Homosexual’

gay marriage (or divorce) in Texas wins it first big battle…

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
but not the War.  In what I think is a landmark ruling for gay divorces, a judge in Dallas County has ruled the ban on gay marriage in Texas is unconstitutional.  Read about it in the article – Texas Lawyer Blog: State district judge finds Texas’ ban on gay marriage unconstitutional

The Texas Attorney General is fighting this tooth and nail in an attempt to uphold the ban on gay marriages and has vowed to see this all the way through to the Supreme Court.

The ruling by Judge Callahan in the 302nd District Court basically opens the door for this gay couple to get divorced.  Kind of ironic if you ask me, supporting gay marriage so someone can get divorced.  In any case, the couple in question here, who were married in another state, will most likely be divorced in a few weeks.  When that happens the Attorney General’s Office will certainly appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals level.

The case will probably then proceed to the Texas Supreme Court and then on to the United States Supreme Court.

I will update you as information becomes available.

same sex marriage in Texas

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

I found an interesting blurb in a Texas case on gay marriage. You can find it in my discussion board here.

Basically, a wife was allowed to set aside divorce decree and declare the marriage void as a “same-sex marriage,” where the evidence showed that husband was formerly a female.  That made the marriage between two females and rendered it void against public policy.

The Court stated that “A Texas court has no more power to issue a divorce decree for a same-sex marriage than it does to administer the estate of a living person.”

This is a very antiquated view of the situation, and as you can see by my other posts, the courts are beginning to fight back on the prohibition against gay or same sex marriages.