TheProgressivePatriot
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Amid GOP Pressure, Texas High Court to Hear Challenge to Spousal Benefits
Texas Supreme Court hears case challenging benefits for same-sex couples
This could be the next marriage case to hit SCOTUS . The state is claiming that :
We shall see. Those fucking Texans!!
Texas Supreme Court hears case challenging benefits for same-sex couples
This could be the next marriage case to hit SCOTUS . The state is claiming that :
The meaning and scope of Obergefell remain open to debate,” Mitchell said.
He further argued that the nation’s highest court didn’t declare spousal benefits a fundamental right of marriage, meaning it should be up to the states to decide the legality of offering them. Lawyer Douglas Alexander, appearing on Houston’s behalf, agreed that such benefits weren’t a fundamental right but said that the nation’s high court’s ruling means that all marriages are equal, so anything offered to opposite-sex couples must be offered to same-sex ones as well.
We shall see. Those fucking Texans!!