Texas’ chief justice-elect urges all-or-none wedding policy for judges
Houston Chronicle · Sally Avila Edwards ·
Democrat Maggie Ellis wants to end religious exceptions for judges officiating weddings, but she needs support from Republican justices.
AUSTIN — Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis wants to amend a rule allowing judges to refuse to perform weddings on religious grounds, setting up an early test of her ability to reshape the court.
Ellis, a Democrat, told The Dallas Morning News she wants to ensure judges who officiate weddings will perform ceremonies for all couples — without religious exceptions.
“One thing I’d like to do is work with the other justices to amend these orders to say either you perform all marriages, or none,” she said.
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