Gays can get divorced in Texas, court rules
The Texas Supreme Court ruled today to resolve a legal loophole in the state, which meant that same-sex couples could end up ‘trapped’ in marriages.
As Texas continues to ban all recognition of same-sex marriages, gay couples who marry elsewhere before moving to Texas can find themselves with a federally-recognised marriage that Texas pretends doesn’t exist.
This leads to a quirk under US law, which usually require couples to divorce in the state they reside in – as Texas doesn’t recognise the marriages as valid in order to end them.
In a 5-3 ruling today, the state’s Supreme Court upheld a previous decision, finding that two lesbians who married in Massachusetts should be able to divorce in Texas.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/19/gays-can-get-divorced-in-texas-court-rules/
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Though if they're able to be divorced, does that not preclude that the state then recognized their marriage?
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