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A constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Texas included language that effectively bans ALL MARRIAGES AFTER 2005 in Texas says Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general.
According to Radnofsky, wording of Subsection B in the constitutional amendment effectively, “eliminates marriage in Texas,” including common-law marriages, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. “The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that “marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman.” But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares: “This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage,” the Star Telegram reported. “You do not have to have a fancy law degree to read this and understand what it plainly says,” said Radnofsky. Thank you homophobe Texas. I got married last year to stop living in sin and it turns out I still am! A spokesman for Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office said the bill is constitutional. And Kelly Shackelford, president of the Liberty Legal Institute in Plano said challenging the bill would have ”one chance in a trillion” of being successful. Look, I don’t care. I just want to know that my piece of paper is legit. Because if we aren’t legally married, I can’t legally sue his ass and take everything if he does something bad!! Hello! And no mother can sue for spousal support! “Whoever vetted the language in B must have been asleep at the wheel,” Radnofsky said. I think it was careless oversight but aren’t lawyers and politicians supposed to be the ones that do the careful editing? Don’t we pay attorneys thousands to put all that lawyerese on paper, in drafts, in laws for a reason? Chance in a trillion or not. Fix the darn wording. Or better yet, stop trying to exclude certain people from getting married in this state!
