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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 08:00 PM Jan 2017

After GOP pressure, Texas Supreme Court takes gay marriage case

In a rare reversal, the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court accepted a gay marriage case Friday after pressure from state GOP leaders and grass-roots activists.

The state’s highest civil court had rejected the case 8-1 in September, prompting a concerted effort to revive a lawsuit that sought to abolish benefits the city of Houston provides to married same-sex couples. Opponents believe the Houston case provides an opportunity for a ruling that limits the impact of the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.

Gay marriage opponents asked the court to reconsider by filing a rarely granted motion to rehear the case that the court accepted, without comment, on Friday.

Oral arguments will be heard March 1.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/after-gop-pressure-texas-supreme-court-takes-gay-marriage-case/n8weH4ATRWE5CauMcI65dO/?ref=cbTopWidget

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