Is Any Marriage in Texas Legal?

“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”

In 2005, the state of Texas adopted an amendment to its Constitution that said marriage in the state could only be between one man and one woman as well as the text above. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, is saying that the second section effectively “eliminates marriage in Texas”.