Lawyer argues homosexual marriage legalization does not include spousal benefitsTexas supreme court reconsiders Houston case after rejection final yearThe Texas supreme court heard arguments Wednesday in a Houston case that top Republicans hope will provide an opening to chip away at the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing homosexual marriage nationwide. A coalition of religious and social conservatives sued America’s fourth-largest city in 2013,challenging its decision to offer same-sex spousal benefits to municipal employees. final year, Texass all-Republican court refused to hear the matter on appeal, and in effect allowing the marriage benefits in the wake of the US supreme court decision in Obergefell v Hodges that the structure grants homosexual couples seeking to marry “equal dignity in the eyes of the law”.
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Source: theguardian.com