Texas Attorney General Says Gays Can ‘Feel How They Want,’ But Marriage, That’s For Straight People Only

Let me say up front that I have visited Texas several times and found it to be a beautiful state filled with some of the nicest people in the world. But it sure seems like most of the elected officials there are just slightly to the right of Atilla the Hun.

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The latest example of my analogy would be the current Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, who was recently being interviewed on CNN about the issue of same-sex marriage, which the U.S Supreme Court will rule on later this summer.

Paxton was speaking specifically to a bill which has been introduced in the Texas legislature?which would?prevent county clerks from issuing or recognizing same-sex marriage licenses. Paxton maintained that this was the will of the state and its residents:

?We passed a constitutional amendment [banning same-sex marriage] in 2005, it was overwhelmingly approved by the voters. That’s our background here.?

Oh well, then case closed! That amendment was passed 10 years ago! Recent polling data suggests the state is now evenly split on same-sex marriage. To this fact, Paxton replied:

?My job as attorney general and the job of the Legislature is to really follow the will of the people and enforce the laws that we have. This is both in statute and in our constitution. So, that’s my job, and that’s the job of the legislature.?

Apparently it is also your job to be a professional douchebag, Mr. Paxton. But I digress.

So will the Lone Star state obey a ruling by the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage? Paxton didn’t answer that question, but did respond when asked what gay couples Texas who love each other should do:

?They have ? they can do whatever they want. But the reality itself right now in Texas was defined by the people of Texas overwhelmingly as between a man and a woman. And that’s the law of Texas, it’s in our constitution, it’s in our statutes.?

The right to own slaves was in the U.S. Constitution at one time, Mr. Paxton, but eventually, as a nation, we came to realize that such a thing was immoral and contrary to the very concepts we hold most dear as Americans.

Finally, the interviewer asked the top legal official in the state of Texas if he could possibly understand how gays in his state might feel they’re being discriminated against. To which this lugnut replied:

?They can feel how they want. The reality is the voters of Texas have passed the law as it is.?

Texas: Beautiful state, but filled with public officials who are still stuck in the past. One hopes there might come a day when they join the rest of us here in the 21st century.

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