Ooops

[geminigirl]

Texas outlaws all marriage...because someone didn't proofread?

Hrm?

(The text of the proposition-"The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.")

ETA: I googled the actual text, to make sure that blackthornglade didn't in fact make a typo. And it is in fact correctly copied.

Comments

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

I'm no expert in American jurisprudence, admittedly, but realistically I think the proponents of this are probably right -- unfortunate though that is, any legal challenge will probably result in one of two things:
(1) a ruling that the law is to be interpreted in accordance with its actual intent rather than its literal wording,
(2) it'll get overturned, but will just come back in a few years with less ambiguous wording.
There's just no way in hell any judge will rule that it bans all marriages and allow that to stand.