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Related: About this forumGreg Abbott: Texas gay marriage ban reduces out-of-wedlock births
AUSTIN Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas same-sex marriage ban should remain in place because legalizing it would do nothing to encourage heterosexual couples to get married and have children.
Writing in a brief filed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, Abbott said the state was not obligated to prove why gay marriage might be detrimental to the economic or social well-being of Texans. It was only required to show how opposite sex marriage would be more beneficial for its citizens.
The State is not required to show that recognizing same-sex marriage will undermine heterosexual marriage, the brief read. It is enough if one could rationally speculate that opposite-sex marriages will advance some state interest to a greater extent than same-sex marriages will.
Marriage among heterosexual partners, Abbott said, is more beneficial to society because it encourages married couples to have children and provides an example for other couples to do the same.
Read more: http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/10/abbott-texas-gay-marriage-ban-reduces-out-of-wedlock-births/
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)But then I thought better.
Warpy
(111,255 posts)is looking for its idiot.
Every time that man opens his trap, he just changes feet.
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,151 posts)drray23
(7,627 posts)Is he really that dumb to think that if one forbids same sex marriage this will lead to more heterosexual marriages ? How does that work ? Gay people will suddenly think "oh well too bad i guess i need to stop being gay and go get married to a person of the opposite sex "...
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)something unflattering about the voters of Texas.
bvf
(6,604 posts)Sad thing is there are a lot of Texans who will see the logic in his argument.
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)This is a very dumb argument even for greg