Texas Gay-Marriage Ban Held Illegal as Judge Delays Order
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A federal judge said Texas’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and should be blocked while opponents seek to overturn it, granting a victory to supporters of gay unions in the nation’s second-largest state.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia left the ban in place, however, while the state appeals his preliminary injunction to the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans.