Texas Republicans expect 'sad day,' same-sex marriage advocates hopeful for Supreme Court ruling

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — Former state Rep. Warren Chisum is usually upbeat — but not lately.

Chisum, author of a 2005 constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage in Texas — which state voters approved with more than 75 percent of the vote — concedes that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling expected as early as Monday will likely declare such bans unconstitutional.

Texas is among the 14 states that have not legalized gay marriages, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

“It’ll be a sad day for American values,” the Pampa Republican said. “It’s a sad day when the court decides to meddle into religious affairs and destroy marriage, destroy the foundation of family life.”

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[font color=330099]I'm looking forward to seeing Republicans ball like babies.[/font]

[Thinkingabout]

1. I see the SC ruling i favor of same sex marriages. at one time there wasn't

Interracial marriages and this was changed. Yes, heads will explode and they will find a way to put their heads back together somehow and another chapter will turn the page.

[misterhighwasted]

2. Is marriage actually a religious affair?

Or does one's religion, whatever that may be, define what marriage is.
Marriage needs to be recognized by the courts for legal purposes, but religion is individual & this not a necessity for legal binding purposes. Say for ownership of property or Insurance purposes.
Religion has no purpose in the court. It is an individual choice.
IMO

[okasha]

3. Every legal marriage is in fact a civil marriage.

The marriage license is what makes it a binding contract, with all the corollaries of childreni, property, etc. thereunto appended.

A couple can make that contract before a civil authority, a religious officiant or simply before witnesses.

A religion can define the conditions under which its representatives will officiate at a marriage, but it has no legal authority to stop anyone from marrying according to state law.

[TexasTowelie]

4. This story received some more coverage:

http://www.towleroad.com/2015/06/warren-chisum-gay-marriage-ban-scotus/

Watch a hilarious video from 1993 of Chisum trying to amend the state’s sodomy ban to outlaw anal intercourse between straight couples, below.