Marriage Equality

On July 3, 2015 The Austin Chronicle published “Marriage for Everyone” article by Mary Tuma who writes about the ruling of the Supreme Court, legalizing same sex marriage in all fifty states. The short article describes the over joyed residents of Travis county who gathered at the clerk’s office to receive their marriage certificate. We all know that the struggle to legalizing same sex marriage has not been that easy, and with it comes those who protest against it. The article points out how our anti-gay Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tried to persuade the county clerks that they had the right to not issue a same sex marriage license based on their religious belief. This would have led them to be unconstitutional and it was their job to obey the law, according to the fourteen amendment. They didn’t have any option but to follow suit.