When Is A Victory Still Not A Win

Attorneys for a gay couple who sued Hood, Texas County Clerk Katie Lang over her refusal to issue them a marriage license have announced that a settlement has been reached.

After the Supreme Court struck down gay marriage bans in all 50 states, Lang repeatedly refused to issue a marriage license to Jim Cato and Joe Stapleton, who have been together 27 years.

In a written statement issued at the time, Lang said that her religious faith compels her “to personally refrain from issuing same-sex marriage licenses” but that other staffers would issue marriage licenses to gay couples in accordance with the Supreme Court's decision.

Lang's office, however, claimed that it did not have the appropriate forms to issue such licenses.

The men received a license the day they filed their lawsuit.

Attorneys for the couple said that the lawsuit had been settled for $44,000, what the couple had spent on attorneys fees, the AP reported.

They will make available someone to issue marriage license to gay people...sounds like separate but equal to me.

Here's a serious question, what will gay couples be exposed to when applying for a marriage license, will they have to stand there and listen to why this person and that person can't issue them a license, will they have to come back if that person isn't there that day?

I see absolutely no reason to make exceptions at all if there is even the slightest inconvenience to a same sex couple, they also shouldn't have their special day spoiled by having to listen to some bigot spout their bullshit on why they won't issue them a license and have to wait for some one who will do so.