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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Started conversation Jul 1, 2015
I've just heard an interview on KUT with the bloke who wrote this piece; much of what he said in the interview is also in the story http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bud-kennedy/article25934896.html
For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that we've been hearing on NPR about county clerks from Texas (and other southern states) saying they'll defy the Supreme Court ruling, and both governors and attorneys general from the same states saying they don't have to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples if it goes against their religious beliefs... well, apparently that ain't so if the story is correct.
This will probably go the same way as desegregation. After Brown vs Board of Education many southern jurisdictions refused to implement the ruling, were sued and made to, and eventually it just became A Thing.
I don't know what to make of Jennifer Fountain. In her email http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIyDlTjUAAE4ll_.jpg:large she seems to be a halfway reasonable and conciliatory person, until she gets to the end: "God will not acknowledge these marriages and they know that. They only want a licence so they can draw each others [sic] SS benefits like everyone else."
Yeah, that's a *real* Christian attitude, Jennifer 
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 2, 2015
I can't find it now, but an Attorney friend of mine shared an article very critical of Ken Paxton for his statements. It suggested that Paxton is basically shirking his responsibilities regarding county and state employees by giving them advice that could leave them legally, possibly criminally responsible for civil rights violations.
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KB Posted Jul 2, 2015
I wish I knew enough about the intricacies of the legal system in Texas to give an informed comment, but I know that I don't know enough. (What did strike me, though, was the tendency to hysteria and melodrama from the various sides, which I've seen a bit closer to home.)
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Jul 2, 2015
You couldn't make this stuff up
http://kut.org/post/prosecutors-developing-criminal-case-against-paxton
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