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New and improved Texas DOMA. (Legislation).
Texas lawmakers weren't satisfied that their state already recognized only opposite-sex marriages. Concerned that same-sex civil unions from other states might pose a dire threat to heterosexual marriage, they enacted a law on May 27 outlawing recognition of such unions as well as reinforcing Texas's nonrecognition of same-sex marriages.
"Like the vast majority of Texans, I believe that marriage represents a sacred union between a man and a woman," Gov. Rick Perry said in a ...
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