{"id":25083,"date":"2024-07-05T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=25083"},"modified":"2024-07-05T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:06:21","slug":"texas-supreme-court-sides-with-christian-judge-who-refuses-to-officiate-gay-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/texas-supreme-court-sides-with-christian-judge-who-refuses-to-officiate-gay-weddings\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Supreme Court sides with Christian judge who refuses to officiate gay weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/endtimeheadlines.org\/2024\/07\/texas-supreme-court-sides-with-christian-judge-who-refuses-to-officiate-gay-weddings\/#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Supreme Court of Texas<\/span><\/a>\u00a0ruled Friday in favor of Dianne Hensley, a justice of the peace in Waco reprimanded for not performing same-sex weddings, reinstating her lawsuit against the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The commission had previously issued a public warning for her refusal to officiate same-sex weddings, citing a violation of judicial impartiality based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In an 8-1 decision, the court found that Hensley\u2019s decision not to appeal the commission\u2019s warning to a Special Court of Review before filing a lawsuit in civil court does not prevent her from pursuing her lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/endtimeheadlines.org\/2024\/07\/texas-supreme-court-sides-with-christian-judge-who-refuses-to-officiate-gay-weddings\/\">endtimeheadlines.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u00a0Supreme Court of Texas\u00a0ruled Friday in favor of Dianne Hensley, a justice of the peace in Waco reprimanded for not performing same-sex weddings, reinstating her lawsuit against the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. 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