McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley sued the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct after it issued a public warning against her in 2019 for refusing to perform weddings for same-s.
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Judge throws out lawsuit from Justice of the Peace who denied same-sex weddings
and last updated 2021-07-02 00:05:20-04
A lawsuit filed by McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley, who refused to marry same-sex couples was thrown out this week by Judge Jan Soifer of Austinâs 459th State District Court in Travis County.
In December of 2019 the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a warning to Judge Hensley for her actions.
Which she then filed a lawsuit against, claiming it violated her beliefs and citing the religious freedom restoration act.
The findings in the warning said that all same-sex couples that wanted to be married by Hensley received a document that said, I m sorry, but Judge Hensley has a sincerely held religious belief as a Christian, and will not be able to perform same-sex weddings.