Texas
Texas is home to the second-highest population of same-sex couples in the nation. Texas citizens fought against an anti-marriage state constitutional amendment on the 2005 ballot. Unluckily marriage discrimination was written into the state constitution, but as a result, people across the state came out and stood up for fairness and equality, and against people trying to justify discrimination in favor of religion. Texans across the state continue to work towards overturning marriage discrimination and obtaining fairness for all families.
Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Equality Texas: a statewide political advocacy organization working to advance the cause of equality for all Texans
Blog Posts Related to Texas
FEDERAL UPDATE: 3 new cosponsors of DOMA repeal
In the past week, Rep Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Rep Rick Larsen (D-WA) signed on as cosponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act, bringing the total number of cosponsors to a record-breaking 128 in the House.
Suits on Marriage Equality may force Administration to take a Stand
President Obama has balanced on a political tightrope for two years over the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, the contentious 1996 law barring federal recognition of marriages of same-sex couples.
Now, two new federal lawsuits threaten to snap that rope out from under him.
Texas couple fights newspaper that rejected their wedding announcement
Dallas couple Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup are fighting for acknowledgment in the city's major newspaper, "The Dallas Morning News". After being legally married in Washington, D.C. in December, they submitted a paid marriage announcement to their local paper.
Innocuous, right? Not according to the paper, which denied their request on the grounds that their marriage is invalid in their home state of Texas.
Resources Related to Texas
Census 2010: More Gay Parents Raising Children in South
UCLA demographers analyzing 2010 Census Bureau data have found that same-sex couples raising children are more common in the South than in any other region in the United States.
New Poll Shows A Majority of Texans Support Freedom to Marry, Relationship Recognition
The 2010 Texas Lyceum poll shows that a majority of Texans support some form of legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples.
Texas Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Texas.