TX Judge Who Refused to Marry Same-Sex Couples Asks Courts to Overturn Right

Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage

A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide.

Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage

Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.