Texas plans to defy Supreme Court if they rule in favor of same-sex marriage

Now, while the country waits for the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage believed to be ruled on in June, Texas is gearing up to pass its own law that will restrict the rights of homosexuals regardless of the court’s ruling, or so they believe.

“We as Texans have a sovereign right to define and regulate marriage,” Republican state Rep. Cecil Bell, the author of the bill, told Talking Points Memo on Tuesday. “I don’t believe that this bill puts anyone in a lesser position than what they were in before. What this does is codify Texas law.”

Texas officials however do not think there is anything discriminatory about the bill because it doesn’t remove rights from same-sex couples, yet.

This is the 20th anti-gay bill state lawmakers have put forth this term. Only two have made it out of committee though; this one and another that is meant to protect clergy from being forced to participate in same-sex marriages, a rather useless bill since the federal law already handles that.

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The bill is nothing but Texas being a bully again, and trying to show the federal government they will not listen to their laws and throw around the word “sovereign” as though it means they are above the law. Texas lawmakers seem bent on becoming the most hateful groups of lawmakers in the country.

Texas plans to defy Supreme Court if they rule in favor of same-sex marriage