Texas AG's appeal in gay divorce case to be heard in Dallas courtroom

Dan82 · Apr 20, 2010

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon.../stories/041810dnmetgaydivorce.266f07771.html

Two Dallas men trying to end their Massachusetts marriage in Texas will be the subject of an appellate hearing Wednesday in a downtown courtroom.

The appeal pits Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott against family court Judge Tena Callahan, who accepted the case last fall and ruled that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution.

But a voter-approved state constitutional amendment and the Texas Family Code prohibit same-sex marriages or civil unions, and Abbott is arguing that a Texas court can't dissolve a marriage that it doesn't recognize...
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Texas AG's appeal in gay divorce case to be heard in Dallas courtroom

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