Despite their sincere religious beliefs.
Over the weekend, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
suggested
that local clerks with religious objections could opt-out of granting
marriage licenses to gay couples in light of the Supreme Court's
decision legalizing same-sex marriage. But at least one Texas clerk who
opposes gay marriage on religious grounds doesn't see a need for the
exemption.
“Personally,
same-sex marriage is a contradiction to my faith and belief that
marriage is between one man and one woman,” Denton County Clerk Juli
Luke said in a statement
Sunday, according to the
the Denton Record-Chronicle.
“However, first and foremost, I took an oath on my family Bible to
uphold the law, and as an elected public official, my personal belief
cannot prevent me from issuing the licenses as required.”
Her clerk's office oversaw its first gay marriage
Monday morning,
the Denton Record-Chronicle. The couple, Sara Bollinger and Whitney Hennen, received their license a little after 8 a.m.
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