AG Paxton: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Houston’s Attempt to Override State Law  and Extend Same-Sex Marriage Ruling at Taxpayer Expense

AG Paxton: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Houston’s Attempt to Override State Law  and Extend Same-Sex Marriage Ruling at Taxpayer Expense   

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court after it declined to review a decision by the Texas Supreme Court, which ruled in June that former Houston Mayor Annise Parker exceeded her authority when she tried to force taxpayers to pay for spousal employment benefits for city employees with same-sex partners while the law of Texas recognized marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman.   Two Houston taxpayers sued […]