‘Bible-Believing’ TX Justice of the Peace in Trouble for Declining to Perform Same-Sex Marriages
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(Worthy News) – McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley, a devout Christian, has received a public warning by Texas’ State Commission on Judicial Conduct for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.
The Waco Tribune-Herald reports Hensley, who has been in office for the last five years, has said that, as a “Bible-believing” Christian, her conscience prohibited her from doing same-sex weddings so she was entitled to a “religious exemption.”
Hensley said her office sometimes tells same-sex couples that the judge is not available and gives them a list of those who will perform same-sex weddings, including ministers and Precinct 3 JP David Pareya in West. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]
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