Texas Attorney General Requests Review of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

After Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman determined gay marriage ban unconstitutional, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now asking the state Supreme Court to review the order. 

“Texas law is clear on the definition of marriage, and I will fight to protect this sacred institution and uphold the will of Texans, who voted overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment defining the union as between one man and one woman. The probate judge’s misguided ruling does not change Texas law or allow the issuance of a marriage license to anyone other than one man and one woman,” Paxton said in a statement today. 

Paxton requested that the Supreme Court review Herman’s order and place on his ruling over the estate. 

See Eva Ruth Moravec, Texas Attorney General Requests Review of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, NBC DFW, Feb. 18, 2015.