Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Just a week before the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, Texas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill in committee that would bar state or local funds from being used to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Texas already bans same-sex marriage, but that's being challenged in federal court. Last year, a federal judge here ruled that the state's ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional, but put his ruling on hold while the state appealed. |