Just the balls on these people:
Denton County Judge James DePiazza was on vacation when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled his office had to provide marriage licenses to same sex couples.
That made DePiazza uncomfortable. He didn’t believe it was right to marry same sex couples, and his first thought was to stop doing weddings outright to avoid discrimination. But he scrapped that plan and opted to publish a document, signed by brides- and grooms-to-be, acknowledging his opposition gay marriage.
“Judge DePiazza prefers to NOT conduct same-sex ceremonies, but will not decline anyone who chooses to schedule with him,” says the form, which bears two blank lines for the couple to sign. “While we may not necessarily agree with, we acknowledge Judge DePiazza’s position that he prefers not to conduct same-sex marriages and agree not to address the topic of same-sex marriages with Judge DePiazza before, during or after the ceremony.”
“During the ceremony the topic is really not up for discussion,” the judge said in an interview.
DePiazza has been a judge in Precinct 2 of Denton County since 2007. A Catholic and a graduate of San Antonio’s Wayland Baptist University (as well as the University of North Texas), he said condoning same-sex marriage violated his religious beliefs. But he steered clear of the route briefly advocated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said in the days after the court ruling that Texas state employees could claim religious freedom to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Instead, DePiazza issued the document to make sure everyone knows how he feels about the marriage before he officiates it
Just shut the fuck up and do your job you graceless, classless godbotherer.
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