Anti-Gay Texas State Lawmaker: Marriage Equality Doesn’t Exist
Anti-gay Texas Tea Party state Rep. Cecil Bell is in serious denial about same-sex marriage.
During a panel discussion in Austin last month, Bell claimed that despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, marriage equality doesn't exist in Texas.
Bell, (R-Magnolia), the author of failed legislation seeking to undermine the high court's ruling, has also called for the impeachment of justices who were in the majority. He made the comments in response to a question about why he doesn't consider Obergefell to be the law of the land.
“In fact, our Constitution has in place provisions that say the court cannot make law," Bell said. "So, the very laws that you’re talking about enforcing don’t exist, and the Supreme Court cannot create those laws. In order for a clerk in Texas or in any other state to have the legal authority to issue a same-sex marriage license, the state Legislature will have to act to affirm that legal right. Otherwise we have granted to the federal court system through the Supreme Court or a lower federal court the lawmaking provisions that are specifically withheld from the court.”
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