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Over the weekend, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested that local clerks with religious objections could opt-out of granting marriage licenses to gay couples in light of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage. But at least one Texas clerk who opposes gay marriage on religious grounds doesn't see a need for the exemption.
Personally, same-sex marriage is a contradiction to my faith and belief that marriage is between one man and one woman, Denton County Clerk Juli Luke said in a statement Sunday, according to the the Denton Record-Chronicle. However, first and foremost, I took an oath on my family Bible to uphold the law, and as an elected public official, my personal belief cannot prevent me from issuing the licenses as required.
Her clerk's office oversaw its first gay marriage Monday morning, the Denton Record-Chronicle. The couple, Sara Bollinger and Whitney Hennen, received their license a little after 8 a.m.
"It feels pretty incredible. Growing up this didnt seem like something that was ever going to happen, Bollinger said.
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underpants
(183,059 posts)That's what you are supposed to do
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Weird... someone doing what they're hired to do, not whining about it or pretending a slippery slope exists, or even struggling on a cross and pretending hypothetical situations exist.
tanyev
(42,688 posts)You know Paxton is just itching for a lawsuit he can ride back to the Supreme Court.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)thanking Ms. Luke for doing her job