Texas Judge Rules State Ban On Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional
Source: Huffington Post
A Texas probate judge ruled Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
The ruling, by Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman, was part of an estate battle, according to the Austin-American Statesman. An Austin woman sought to have her eight-year relationship with a woman who died of cancer in June recognized as a common-law marriage.
“Oh, we had a marriage. It was definitely a marriage,” Sonemaly Phrasavath, the woman challenging the state's ban, told KXAN late last year. “We carried ourselves as such. She was in every sense my wife and vice versa.”
The Texas attorney general cannot appeal the ruling because he is not a party in the case, and the siblings of the deceased woman, who are challenging Phrasavath, have not decided whether they will appeal, the Statesman reported.
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I'm so happy for Ms. Phrasavath in this ruling. Eventually, and hopefully in the near future, discrimination such as this will no longer be an issue anyplace in this country.
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