Texas is continuing its attack on rights for LGBT citizens, including challenging benefits for legally married same-gender couples and introducing its own “bathroom bill.”
The Texas Supreme Court this month agreed to hear a case challenging benefits for same-gender married couples, despite the legalization of gay marriage nationwide in 2015. A previous lawsuit is being brought up again on the orders of Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The men filed an amicus brief in October.
“While the U.S. Supreme Court did recognize a right to same-sex marriage, there are a host of issues in that area of the law that remain unresolved,” Paxton said at the time. “I applaud Governor Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Patrick for their leadership in asking that state courts give serious consideration to these weighty, unresolved questions.”
