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"Until Death Do Us Part": Texas Denies Gay Divorce

By Christopher Vaughn-Martel

In a predictable move, the Texas legal system has just thrown out the case of a gay Dallas couple seeking to file for divorce. The petition, which was filed on Jan. 21 in Dallas County?s 302nd District Court, sets up a legal showdown over whether courts will grant divorces to same-sex couples who?ve married legally in another state.Texas, which has a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, doesn?t recognize the same-sex mariages of other states. In 2003 read more

Full post as published by Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Legal Briefs on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).