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Texas judge wants to use Supreme Court’s recent LGBTQ+ ruling to stop marrying gay couples

Queerty may remember Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley of Waco, Texas.Hensley says she does not wish to marry same-sex couples as it goes against her religious beliefs. She was issued with a warning in 2019 by the Texas judicial commission for directing same-sex couples to other officiants.Hensley’s now using the recent Supreme Court ruling on businesses refusing LGBTQ+ customers to back up her stance.Following her 2019 warning, Hensley—a devout Christian—filed a class-action lawsuit against the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The lawsuit sought to enable her, and other justices of the peace in Texas, to decline to marry same-sex couples.
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