Judge orders Houston to stop employee benefits to same-sex couples
Source: KTRK-TV
A state district judge signed an order Wednesday to stop offering health and life insurance benefits to the same-sex spouses of married city employees.
... Attorney Jared Woodfill said by extending those benefits, Mayor Parker put her personal agenda above the law. He cites the Texas Defense of Marriage Act and the state's legal definition of marriage, as between one man and one woman.
"It's clearly unlawful to take taxpayer dollars and violate the law -- and that's what the mayor has done," said Woodfill. "All you have to do is read the Constitution of this state to understand this mayor's been breaking the law."
Woodfill filed a lawsuit last week asking Parker to stop issuing benefits to same-sex spouses, like Freeman's husband. A state judge agreed, signing off on the order late Wednesday.
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Always fun to deal with. 
