UNITED STATES
Texas
Higher Law. Texas is bound by the United States Constitution, federal law, and the international obligations of the United States.
Section 2 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act purportedly authorizes the state to disregard any “relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of [another] State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship. 28 U.S.C. § 1738C. The constitutionality of that provision is disputed.
State Marriage Protection Amendment
- Tex. Const. art. I, § 32 (adopted 2005)
State Defense of Marriage Act
- Tex. Fam. Code § 6.204 (approved 2003)
Cases