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Texas GOP lawmakers are poised to push through a bill seeking to exempt the state from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of nationwide marriage equality.
The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on House Bill 4105, by GOP Rep. Cecil Bell, which would prohibit state funds from being used to issue or recognize same-sex marriage licenses, regardless of any court order.
BellIn addition to Bell, the bill has 77 co-authors in the House, more than the simple majority of the chamber's 150 members needed for passage. LGBT advocates have previously said that if HB 4105 passes the House, it will easily clear the Senate before being signed by anti-gay GOP Gov. Greg Abbott. However, unless it receives a two-thirds majority in both chambers, HB 4105 wouldn't take effect until Sept. 1, two months after the high court hands down its ruling.
In an indicator of the animus behind the measure, one witness compared gays to murderers and same-sex marriage to the Holocaust during a committee hearing on HB 4105 last month.
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)to issue or recognize same-sex marriage licenses?
TexasTowelie
(112,371 posts)but I believe that a portion of the county clerk's salary is paid with state funds.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,371 posts)salary if the clerk issued a marriage license (based upon previous stories that I have read--I have not read the actual legislation).
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)been asked for my marriage license.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What is this bullshit?