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Same-sex marriage is legal in Texas and all other U.S. states as per the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of ''Obergefell v. Hodges'' on June 26, 2015, however the ruling remains challenged. Texas couples began obtaining marriage licenses in some counties within hours of the ruling, while other counties awaited direction from state officials, local county attorney advice, or were awaiting corrected state marriage license forms. In one or more counties, local officials or judges refused to marry same-sex couples on religious grounds. Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion supporting officials who refused to grant marriage licenses in defiance of the ''Obergefell'' ruling. Prior to that ruling, gay marriage was not legal in Texas, although a state court ordered the Travis County clerk to issue one marriage license to two women on February 19, 2015, citing the illness of one of them. On February 26, 2014, Judge Orlando Garcia, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, found that Texas's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. On April 23, 2014, Judge Barbara Nellermoe, of the 45th Judicial District Court of Bexar County, found that Texas's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Both cases are being appealed. After the Obergefell ruling, nearly all counties started issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples. As of 28 October 2015, Irion County is the only holdout it Texas.〔()〕 It is one of only three or four counties in the country that refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples while continuing to license to opposite-sex couples, the others being in Kentucky. As of August, two other Texas counties (Loving, with 82 residents, and Mills) had also refused to license same-sex couples, claiming to have delayed implementation while they updated paperwork or software, but they had started issuing by September 4.〔()〕 ==Statute== In 1997, the Texas legislature prohibited the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.〔(Texas Family Code sec. 2.001(b) )〕 In 2003, the legislature enacted a statute that made void in Texas any same-sex marriage or civil union.〔(Texas Family Code sec. 6.204 )〕 This statute also prohibits the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state from giving effect to same-sex marriages or civil unions performed in other jurisdictions.〔(Texas Family Code sec. 6.204(c) )〕 During the legislature's 2013 regular session, House Bill 1300 by Representative Lon Burnam would have repealed the same-sex marriage prohibition;〔(House Bill 1300 - Introduced Text, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 )〕 however, the bill died in the State Affairs committee of the house of representatives.〔(House Bill 1300 History, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 )〕 Senate Bill 480 by Senator Juan Hinojosa would have repealed only the civil union prohibition;〔(Senate Bill 480 - Introduced Text, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 )〕 however, this bill also died in committee.〔(Senate Bill 480 History, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Same-sex marriage in Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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