Texas court rules that married gay couples must stay hitched

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by on September 1, 2010 at 10:33 am

If gay couples who live in Texas tie the knot in other states where same sex marriage is legal, they might be stuck together.

A Texas appeals court has ruled that under the current law, gays can not marry or divorce in the state no matter whether they were legally married in another state or not.

The 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a Dallas district court judge didn’t have the authority to hear a divorce case involving two Dallas men who married in Massachusetts in 2006.  Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican, appealed a prior ruling by Judge Tena Callahan, a Democrat.  The judge said the state did not have the right to intervene, so they took it to Appeals Court.

“Today’s court of appeals decision overruled the district court’s improper ruling, confirmed the constitutionality of Texas’ traditional definition of marriage and correctly found that Texas courts lack the legal authority to grant divorces to same-sex couples,” said Jerry Stricklan speaking on behalf of the Attorney General’s office.

Callahan also said she believes Texas’ ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, but the appeals court disagreed.

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