San Antonio-area Congressman Tony Gonzales was the sole Texas Republican to vote for the legislation, while U.S. Rep. Chip Roy voted against it. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Austin Texas MarriageEquality LGBTQ
Nearly every Republican member of the U.S. House from Texas voted in opposition Tuesday to a bill that would codify same-sex marriage under federal law.
House Democrats introduced the measure in the wake of the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court'soverturning Roe v. Wade, the almost 50-year-old ruling ensuring the right to abortion. Lone Star State Democrats immediately seized on the Texas Republicans' opposition to the marriage equality bill, saying it represented their"terrifying, archaic views."
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