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Texas Attorney General steps in to block same-sex divorce
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is trying to stop the divorce of two women in Austin on grounds their Massachusetts marriage is not legally recognized in the Lone Star state. Last week, a Travis...
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Texas Attorney General: Same-sex marriage benefits unconstitutional
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an opinion stating that local governments and school districts that offer marriage benefits to same-sex partners are violating the state...
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Texas AG’s opinion on same-sex partner benefits doesn’t worry cities, counties
EL PASO, Texas -- Cities and counties that offer same-sex partner health benefits don't anticipate altering their policies after the Texas attorney general called the practice unconstitutional, though...
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Candidate for Texas AG files brief opposing marriage equality
AUSTIN, Texas -- Candidate for Texas attorney general Dan Branch has filed a legal brief opposing marriage rights for same-sex couples.
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Texas high court to consider state jurisdiction over same-sex divorces
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Supreme Court says it will consider whether the state has jurisdiction over same-sex divorces and the constitutionality of the state's law banning same-sex marriage.
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Texas’ top Republican candidates unanimously oppose gay rights
AUSTIN, Texas -- As legal questions surrounding gay rights become major issues in Texas, Republicans running for the top statewide offices unanimously oppose expanding protections based on sexual...
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Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex divorce case
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state can grant divorces to gay couples married elsewhere despite its own constitutional ban on gay marriage, in one...
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Texas gubernatorial candidate calls on AG to stop defending gay marriage ban
SAN ANTONIO -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis says she supports same-sex marriage and called on her opponent Attorney General Greg Abbott to stop defending the definition of marriage in...
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Growing number of attorneys general refusing to defend gay marriage bans
NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia's gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn't vowing to appeal or insisting his state's law was sound.
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Marriage lawsuits could help Davis, hurt Abbott in Texas governors race
AUSTIN, Texas -- Greg Abbott's job as Texas' top lawyer placed him in the line of fire last week when his likely Democratic opponent in the governor's race called on him to stop defending lawsuits over...
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Texas AG Greg Abbott promises to fight same-sex marriage ruling
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has promised to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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Texas files notice to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas has officially given notice it will appeal a federal judge's decision to lift the state's ban on gay marriage.
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Gay marriage fight pits Texas attorney general against longtime gay friend
When Greg Abbott was paralyzed by a fallen tree in 1984, Mark Phariss flew 500 miles to his friend's bedside. They were law school pals who swapped stories over dinner, job leads and airport rides, and...
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Wendy Davis, Greg Abbott set to face off for Texas governor
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted to her party's nomination Tuesday night...
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Texas appeals court blocks ruling in same-sex couple’s divorce case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- A Texas state appeals court has halted divorce and child custody proceedings for two San Antonio women who were legally married out of state.
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Texas attorney general says same-sex marriage ban best supports children
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' ban on same-sex marriage allows the state to promote the birth and upbringing of children in "stable, lasting relationships," the state's attorney general argued Tuesday while...
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63 Texas lawmakers compare same-sex marriage to incest, pedophilia, polygamy
AUSTIN, Texas -- More than 60 Texas lawmakers have signed on to a legal brief comparing same-sex marriage to incest, pedophilia, and polygamy. Lone Star Q reports that 63 legislators — members of the...
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Texas’ claim of a rational, vested state interest in procreation is a step...
Attorney General Greg Abbott often makes the point that government should tread lightly in matters of personal liberty. Yet in a legal brief defending Texas' ban on same-sex marriage, the GOP candidate...
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AT&T donates to campaign of Texas AG who opposes marriage equality
Dallas-based telecommunications giant AT&T has contributed $75,000 to anti-gay Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign for governor. Lone Star QA reports that, according to campaign...
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Plaintiffs refute Texas AG’s claim that same-sex marriage is bad for kids
AUSTIN, Texas — Lawyers for two same-sex couples challenging Texas’ same-sex marriage ban are refuting state claims the prohibition promotes raising children in “stable, lasting relationships,” arguing...
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