Texas Supreme Court declares gays second-class citizens.https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/881167234122600452 …
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Replying to @Grange95
clearly settled by Obergefell, and therefore the lower courts need to give the parties a chance to argue them. http://joshblackman.com/blog/2017/07/01/the-supreme-court-of-texass-decision-in-pidgeon-v-turner/ …
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The Texas Supreme Court decision was a political dodge by elected justices afraid of a primary challenge.
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The idea that a factual record is required to resolve the issue of employment benefits discrimination against married gays is absurd.
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In Windsor, SCOTUS noted that civil marriage is connected with a wide range of rights "from the mundane to the profound".
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In Windsor, SCOTUS noted the breadth of civil benefits tied to marriage--note "healthcare benefits" makes that list:pic.twitter.com/0EkD6liQEb
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So, by suggesting "marriage" might mean something less to gay couples, the Texas Supreme Court is declaring gays to have a "second tier"
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A position rejected by SCOTUS in Windsor and Obergefell.
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What the TXSCT decision (and Blackman's cutesy gloss on it) suggest is that gays get only marriage-lite, and we'll need to litigate
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Every single gov't benefit tied to marriage before gays will know what being civilly married really means.
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Of course, straight married couples don't need to worry about the extent of the rights they get from being married.
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Replying to @Grange95 @PokerGrump
But hey, gays in TX who are married *might* win the right to healthcare benefits on remand, so let's just chill, right?
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