“Even accepting procreation as a legitimate state interest,
[Texas’ gay marriage ban] defies logic.”
– Attorney Daniel McNeel Lane, representing two same-sex couples suing the state to repeal the law, in a legal brief to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
This article appears in September 12 • 2014.
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