Marriage in the US state of Texas could become even more regulated soon. Senate Bill 723 offered by Tommy Williams (Republican) would prevent transpeople from marrying people of the opposite sex. Yes, you have that right. Not only would same-sex marriage be illegal, but so would opposite sex marriage for transgender people.
The bill would remove "a court order of sex change" from the list of identifying documents that can be used to obtain marriage licenses in the state. And while other documentation might be found in order to get around the law to obtain said marriage license, the "legislative intent" of the law would be sufficient to allow courts to render any marriages which resulted invalid.
Where would this possibly lead? It could end up with the state of Texas refusing to recognize the existence of the transitioned status of transsexual people for any legal reason. After all, you are nothing more than what was written on your birth certificate. More at the DailyKos
Meanwhile, queer youth were removed from a suicide prevention bill in Texas.
