Republican leaders in Texas are not forfeiting the debate over gay marriage that many other national GOP leaders accepted was over when the Supreme Court established same-sex nuptials as a right in a landmark decision last year.
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the Texas Supreme Court to reconsider its previous dismissal of a lawsuit by the state which sought to prevent Houston city employees from getting same-sex spousal benefits.
The court’s dismissal of the suit in September was premised on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision that required states to recognize same-sex marriage.
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