TEXAS: Judge Schedules Hearing For Temporary Block On Gay Marriage Ban

A Texas judge has scheduled a February hearing on a demand to temporarily block the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Two same-sex couples from Plano and Austin filed the request for an injunction in November. The case is a part of seven similar ones filed in other states with the goal of eventually getting the constitutionality of a ban on same-sex marriage in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Federal District Judge Orlando Garcia set the Texas hearing for February 12 at 9:30 a.m. at the John H. Wood, Jr. United States Courthouse in San Antonio. If the judge grants the injunction, the case will be eligible for immediate appeal to the U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans.

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