Tag Archives: same-sex marriage
Photos: They Fought the Lege (and the Lege Won)
The Observer recaps the efforts of those who challenged the Republican-controlled Legislature. Photos and reporting by Sam DeGrave As far as controversial sessi...Read More
LGBT Group Backs GOP Lawmaker’s Proposal to Remove Clerks’ Names from Marriage Licenses
Equality Texas and Republican legislators don't often agree, but Senate Bill 911 appears to be a rare instance of consensus.
Equality Texas and Republican legislators don't often agree, but Senate Bill 911 appears to be a rare instance of consensus....Read More
GOP State Lawmakers Sign Brief Opposing Same-Sex Benefits
Fifty GOP members of the Texas Lege have signed a court brief arguing that the same-sex spouses of government employees shouldn’t be entitled to benefits....Read More
Anti-LGBT Groups Still Fighting Same-Sex Marriage In Court
Texas Values is asking supporters for money and prayers as it attempts to take same-sex marriage back to court in Texas.
Right-wing lobby group Texas Values is asking supporters for money and prayers as it attempts to take same-sex marriage back to court in Texas....Read More
Texas to Pick Up $605,000 Tab in Same-Sex Marriage Case
Texas has been ordered to pay more than $605,000 to attorneys for the plaintiffs in a same-sex marriage lawsuit, following a federal judge’s ruling Monday. ...Read More
Ken Paxton’s Still Trying to Unmarry Austin Lesbian Couple
Despite the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is still trying to undo a lesbian couple’s February marri...Read More
Up Against Homophobia
In Queer Brown Voices, LGBT activists chronicle their overlooked struggle.
Queer Brown Voices documents the Latina/o queer community’s encounters with homophobia and intolerance from fellow Latinas/os as well as racial and ethnic mar...Read More
Paxton Prays for Tea Party’s Blessing at Grapevine Church
Some would have us believe that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the author of his own troubles, which at the moment include, but are not limited to, three ...Read More
After Promise to Obey Federal Law, Paxton Continues Fight Against Same-Sex Marriage
Despite his recent pledge to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, Attorney General Ken Paxton is already seeking to prevent the deci...Read More