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Dallas judge paves way for gay couple to get divorce [Rules Texas ban on gay marriage unconstitutional]
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Oct 01, 2009 06:43pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Friday, October 2, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a first for Texas and a sweeping rejection of the state’s ban on gay marriage, a judge has cleared the way for two gay Dallas men to divorce.
A voter-approved state constitutional amendment and the Texas Family Code prohibit same-sex marriages or civil unions. And the Texas attorney general had intervened in the two men’s divorce case, arguing that since a gay marriage isn’t recognized in Texas, a Texas court can’t dissolve one through divorce.
But Dallas state District Judge Tena Callahan ruled Thursday that the state's bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law. |
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