In looking back over my service as State Representative in House District 2, I have never had more contacts, questions, expressed concerns or outright rage concerning questions regarding the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage. My staff and I have had many of the same questions and, like you, we want answers.
You may recall in the Regular session of the 79th Texas Legislature we approved a Resolution defining Marriage in Texas as being one of one woman and one man. I was a co-author of that Legislation. By a vote of the people of Texas, 253 of the 254 counties overwhelming approved this resolution to be added to the Texas Constitution. With the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution granting states the right to decide these issues, many are at loss to the position of activities judges legislating from the bench. I am outraged.
Believing something must be done and questions must be answered, I submitted a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking for his legal opinion on different questions concerning the legality of same sex marriage and Texas State Agencies creating and implementing policies that may well go beyond their authority and in even authorizing apportions without Legislative approval.
This goes beyond whether same-sex couples should have the right to marry-this really has to do with law. State agencies act on the decisions made in the Texas House and Senate. The Texas Legislature has not voted on the rights of same sex marriage and therefore I question whether or not state agencies have the authority to make these decisions without direction from the Legislature.
Since the Texas Legislature and the people have not chosen to legalize same sex marriage, then the federal government needs to pursue their course of action against the state of Texas. This is far too important an issue to let nine activist federal judges create law based on a five-four decide to destroy Texas Law.
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