Texas county issues historic marriage license to same-sex couple

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas county issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple on Thursday, the first legal certification for a gay couple in the state since its voters a decade ago approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only being between a man and a woman. A Travis County clerk said the marriage license was given to just one couple, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant, after a court order earlier in the day and the county, home to the state capital Austin, is not planning to issue more licenses to same-sex couples. Legal experts said there was at least one case of a marriage between a same-sex couple in the early 1970s and none since the constitutional amendment went into effect.

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