AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas judges and justices of the peace, who are legally allowed to perform wedding ceremonies, now will not face punishment if they refuse to perform a ceremony on the basis of a ...

Texas judges will not be punished for refusing to perform same-sex weddings, according to a new comment from the Texas Supreme Court. The Texas high court's Oct. 24 comment added to the state's ...

The Texas Supreme Court has approved a rule change permitting judges to decline to perform same-sex marriages, citing religious objections. The decision marks the latest development in a years-long ...

The state judicial watchdog's ruling comes after the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics declined to answer for the Syracuse judge whether she could refuse to officiate a same-sex wedding based on ...