Texas' Attorney General Is Confused About How Religious Liberty Works

Texas' Attorney General Is Confused About How Religious Liberty Works
AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 18: Governor Greg Abbott (C) speaks alongside U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L), Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) at a joint press conference February 18, 2015 in Austin, Texas. The press conference addressed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas' decision on the lawsuit filed by a Texas-led coalition of 26 states challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 18: Governor Greg Abbott (C) speaks alongside U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L), Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) at a joint press conference February 18, 2015 in Austin, Texas. The press conference addressed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas' decision on the lawsuit filed by a Texas-led coalition of 26 states challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Want to get married in Texas? Better make sure the clerk issuing your marriage license thinks your wedding is cool with Jesus — or with God, Krishna, the Qur’an, or whatever other religious deity or set of sincerely-held beliefs shapes the clerk’s conscience when it comes to marriage.

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