Jack Pidgeon, et al. v. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas, et al.
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 and Texas Family Code § 6.204 violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 prohibiting the state or political subdivision of the state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. Whether Texas Family Code § 6.204 prohibiting a state agency or political subdivision of a state from giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that creates, recognizes, or validates a marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.