Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 AUSTIN, Texas (AP)  Defying Texas' longstanding ban on gay marriage, a lesbian couple wed in Austin on Thursday immediately after being granted a marriage license under a one-time court order because one of the women has cancer. The women  together for more than 30 years  said their union was the first legal same-s-x marriage since voters overwhelmingly approved the ban in the fiercely conservative state in 2005, though it wasn't immediately clear if Texas would recognize the marriage. State Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an immediate appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. The marriage license was issued exclusively for Sarah Goodfriend, who has ovarian cancer, and Suzanne Bryant in liberal-leaning Travis County. The Austin couple requested the license two days after a local probate judge ruled in an unrelated estate case that Texas' gay-marriage ban was unconstitutional. The couple cited that case, saying it should allow them to get married. Austin-based Democratic state District Judge David Wahlberg sided with the couple and directed the Travis County clerk to immediately stop relying on "the unconstitutional Texas prohibitions against same-s-x marriage as a basis for not issuing a marriage license." County Clerk Dana Debeauvoir said she issued the license, but that any other licenses must be court ordered. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/same-s-x-couple-marries-texas-under-one-time-163717605.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Lo 2,481 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not going to say my comments about Texas because last time I almost got a warning point. hop on that **** like a maniac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Lovely but this is still wrong They're like 'oh she has a life threatening disease, NOW she can get married' Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,861 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Good for them the Southern States tho Im Canada the battle is West vs East because if the huge economic disparity. In the US its North vs South in social progression :rip: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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