Court says Texas AG can’t block gay divorce
Angelique Naylor Associated Press AUSTIN — The Texas attorney general can’t block a divorce granted to two women who were legally married elsewhere, an appeals court ruled Friday, Jan. 7. A judge in Austin granted a divorce last February to Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly, who were married in Massachusetts in 2004 and then returned [...]
Texas Appeals Court Upholds Gay Divorce
The appellate court rules that Texas attorney general Greg Abbott cannot block the divorce of two women who married out-of-state. Advocate.com: Daily News
BREAKING: Texas appeals court upholds gay divorce, rules against AG’s office in Austin case
Angelique Naylor A state appeals court has upheld a divorce that was granted to a lesbian couple in Austin last year, saying Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott lacks standing to appeal the divorce because he intervened in the case too late. “Because the State lacks standing to appeal, we dismiss this appeal for want of [...]
STATE: LGBT issues not prominent in most area House races
Several strong allies of the LGBT community are unopposed, but others face tight races Tammye Nash | Senior Editor nash@dallasvoice.com Most of the Dallas County LGBT community’s strongest allies in the Texas Legislature are running unopposed in the Tuesday, Nov. 2 midterm election. But at least one incumbent who has voted favorably on LGBT issues [...]
Motion for rehearing filed in Texas gay divorce case
Attorneys for plaintiff ask that full 5th District appeals court rehear case after 3-judge panel overturned trial court ruling granting divorce John Wright | Online Editor wright@dallasvoice.com Attorneys for a gay Dallas man who’s seeking a divorce from his husband filed a motion this week requesting a re-hearing of the case by the full 5th [...]
BREAKING: Re-hearing sought in gay divorce
Attorneys for a gay Dallas man who’s seeking a divorce from his husband have filed a motion requesting a re-hearing of the case by the full 5th District Court of Appeals. An all-Republican, three-judge panel of the Dallas appeals court ruled in August that the man, identified in court documents as J.B., cannot obtain a [...]
4 good reasons to vote for Democrats
Dire warnings won’t mobilize LGBT voters, but signs of progress made, and progress yet to be made, should provide good reasons to bring the community out to the polls Since the 1980 election, Democrats’ favorite voter mobilization tool when faced with a bad election year is to issue dire warnings of what might happen if [...]
Yikes! Anti-gay State Rep. Warren Chisum threatens to run for speaker of the House
Warren Chisum We’re still trying to decide who would make a worse speaker of the Texas House — Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, who’s already announced that he plans to run for the post currently held by Speaker Joe Straus, or Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, who now says he’s also considering running. Berman plans to introduce [...]
Right-wing headline of the day
We swear we don’t make this stuff up, and in this case, we can’t help but wonder whether it was intentional. Below is a screen grab of a report about last week’s gay divorce ruling from the website of the right-wing Republic Broadcasting Network. If you don’t believe us, go here. But be careful, Republic [...]
LGBT advocates blast divorce case ruling
Lambda Legal attorney calls 5th District’s decision ‘worst of opinions,’ warns further appeals could set damaging precedent for marriage Read the full opinion written by Justice Kerry P. FitzGerald John Wright | Online Editor wright@dallasvoice.com Ken Upton Texas is justified in prohibiting same-sex marriage — and divorce — because gay couples can’t procreate and because [...]
