Legislature must straighten out gender confusion

[Shana A]

Legislature must straighten out gender confusion
EDITORIAL BOARD

Published: 4:06 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/legislature-must-straighten-out-gender-confusion-856422.html

Something for Texas legislators' 2011 to-do list: Take another stab at defining which government-issued documents can be presented by marriage license applicants.

Seems simple enough, doesn't it? It's not. Buckle up for a bumpy ride through the current confusing situation.

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So what happens when two people who appear to be women show up for a marriage license and one of them, despite having undergone a gender reassignment procedure, has a birth certificate saying she is a male? What happens is confusion, and that's why, when confronted with these facts, El Paso County officials understandably sought guidance from the state's top lawyer.

[juliekins]

This is why gender questions don't belong on a marriage license. The gender police :police:need to get lost.

As long as two people are of non related, of age & consenting, then they should be allowed to marry. As a secular institution, the government should not be in the business of deciding who should be allowed to marry or not. Churches can "perform" a marriage ceremony, but it should have no legal standing. It is 'ceremonial' and nothing more....