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Sunday's Child - Nikolas
Texas Democrat Introduces Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2/15/13
Associated Press
February 15, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas - A Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill to legalize
same-sex marriage in Texas, 10 years after the Legislature proposed a
constitutional amendment banning it.
Fort Worth Rep. Lon Burnam said Thursday he filed the measure as a
Valentine's Day gift to all Texans. If passed, the bill would legalize same-sex
marriage once Texas voters remove the constitutional prohibition against it.
Texas voters imposed the ban in 2005.
Democrats have already filed three joint resolutions calling for a new
statewide vote on gay marriage.
Nine states have legalized same-sex marriages and, on Thursday, the Illinois
Senate approved another such measure.
Gov. Rick Perry and conservative Republican championed the ban. None of the
bills have much chance of passing the Republican-controlled Legislature, but
Democrats want to vote on them anyway.