Texas Appeals Court Rejects Gay Divorce Ruling

A state appeals court in Dallas has rejected a lower court’s decision that two gay men married in Massachusetts had the right to divorce in Texas. In October 2009, state District Judge Tena Callahan ruled that the men could legally end their marriage and that the state’s prohibition of same-sex marriage violates the federal constitutional right to equal protection. But today the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas reversed that decision with instructions to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction.

Read the full story from the Dallas Morning News.

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