Plano, TX- Today, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott called the recent arguments against Proposition 2 “baseless” and “frivolous” in an official letter sent to the legislative sponsors of the amendment.
“Both sections reflect a clear legislative intent to protect marriage as it has been traditionally understood and to prohibit state-sponsored creation or recognition of non-traditional alternatives to marriage,” said General Abbott. “An argument that section (b) was somehow intended to nullify section (a) is nonsensical and frivolous as a matter of law.”
On Monday, the political action group Save Texas Marriage made more than 2 million autodial phone calls to Texas voters claiming the amendment, which defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman, was worded incorrectly and would somehow dissolve heterosexual marriages in the state.
“In my legal judgment as Attorney General of the State of Texas, this argument is wholly without merit,” stated General Abbott. “Given the plain text of Proposition 2 and the legislative intent, the claim that the proposition could somehow be used to invalidate traditional marriage in Texas is, as a legal matter, completely baseless.”
The letter sent to Representative Warren Chisum and Senator Todd Staples was written in response to the inaccurate statements about Prop. 2 circulating throughout the state. In addition, three complaints were also filed on Wednesday by citizens against Save Texas Marriage and Reverend Tom Heger.
“The Attorney General’s letter proves that this phantom group for Glen Maxie, the lead of the opposition to Proposition 2, is duplicitous and relies on a frivolous and baseless argument that no respectable legal organization will even publicly support,” said Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute. “Texans don’t like political tricks and deceit. Now everyone knows the truth. It’s not complicated. Texans should vote FOR Prop. 2 if they want to keep marriage only between one man and one woman and vote AGAINST it if they want the definition of marriage changed.”