A County Clerk in Texas Still Won't Sign Same Sex Marriage Licenses

[TexasTowelie]

When the the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on June 26, 2015 that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples, there was push-back across the country from scores of local authorities who vowed not to issue marriage licenses to these couples.

While most of that opposition has now been quelled, there’s still one county clerk in Texas who will not sign marriage licenses for couples of the same sex.

When the Supreme Court ruling was announced, Hood County Clerk Katie Lang cited her religious opposition to marriage equality. “We are not issuing [the licenses] because I am instilling my religious liberty in this office,” she told the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram at the time.

However, it wasn’t long before Lang faced the first test of her policy. Dr. Jim Cato and Joe Stapleton of Granbury, Texas came knocking on the door of the County Clerk’s Office seeking a marriage license to put a ring on their 27-year relationship.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2018/08/06/a-county-clerk-in-texas-still-wont-sign-same-sex-marriage-licenses

[Meadowoak]

1. Fire her ass! She won't do her job,

[TexasTowelie]

2. She is elected so it's up to the voters to do it. nt

[marble falls]

3. "I am instilling my religious liberty in this office". Oh the irony.

[Paladin]

4. Let's go out of our way to refer to her as "K.D. Lang," just to piss her off.