Jessica and Robin Wicks.Used an otherwise bigoted big·ot·ed adj. Being or characteristic of a bigot: a bigoted person; an outrageously bigoted viewpoint. big Texas court ruling to farce the state to allow them to marry With all the hoopla hoop·la n. Informal 1. a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement. b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla. 2. in 2000 over Vermont-style civil unions, a lot of people may have missed a real same-sex wedding last September in Texas, of all places. Jessica and Robin Wicks were legally married in Bexar County after the two learned of a stale appeals court ruling that said gender could be defined only by a person's chromosomes. Jessica, a male-to-female transsexual trans·sex·u·al n. A person who strongly identifies with the opposite gender and who chooses to live as a member of the opposite gender or to become one by surgery. adj. 1. Of or relating to such a person. 2. , was therefore a man in the eyes of Texas. Ironically, the court case that opened the door for the Wickses closed it for another transsexual, who was told she could not sue for the wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action of her husband because she was born a man and, as a result, could not have been in a legal marriage. "Isn't this amazing?" the Wickses' attorney, Phyllis Frye, told 1he San Antonio Express-News The San Antonio Express-News is the daily newspaper of San Antonio, Texas. It is ranked as the third-largest daily newspaper in the state of Texas in terms of circulation, and is one of the leading news sources of South Texas, with offices in Austin, Brownsville, Laredo, and when the couple were granted their marriage license. "We've got a same-sex marriage that is legal and a heterosexual marriage that was made illegal. That's what happens when government meddles in people's lives." |
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