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Texas Supreme Court Rejects State Agency’s Attempt To Misinterpret Religious Freedom Comment
posted on January 12 - 05:00 AM
Texas’ Supreme Court has clarified that judges may publicly refuse to perform same-sex weddings while continuing to perform opposite-sex weddings, in what is being celebrated as a win for religious liberty. The opinion, dated January 9, clears up confusion after the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (SCJC) had been accused of intentionally misinterpreting a comment the Court had added to Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct in October. The comment made clear that judges could refuse to perform same-sex weddings, but the commission claimed in legal filings that it meant judges could not, at the same time, choose to perform opposite-sex weddings.
