Texas bans Straight Marriage
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:28 am
This amendment to the Texas state constitution should do wonders for the divorce rateĀ
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Banning straight marriage by mistake
Posted by: Lexington
The Economist
November 19, 2009
SOME Texans are worried that a constitutional amendment against gay marriage they passed in 2005 appears to ban heterosexual marriage as well.
The text seems unambiguous to me:
This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognise any legal status identical or similar to marriage. Got that? The state may not recognise any legal status identical to marriage. Such as marriage.
This sounds like the libertarian argument that we should separate marriage and state, but I guess that wasn't what they meant to say.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexingto ... e_by_m.cfm
Banning straight marriage by mistake
Posted by: Lexington
The Economist
November 19, 2009
SOME Texans are worried that a constitutional amendment against gay marriage they passed in 2005 appears to ban heterosexual marriage as well.
The text seems unambiguous to me:
This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognise any legal status identical or similar to marriage. Got that? The state may not recognise any legal status identical to marriage. Such as marriage.
This sounds like the libertarian argument that we should separate marriage and state, but I guess that wasn't what they meant to say.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexingto ... e_by_m.cfm