Sunday, May 19, 2013

TX Judge Orders Lesbians Live Apart or Lose Kids; Can Do So as Same Sex Marriage Is Illegal in Texas

A Texas judge has ordered a lesbian couple to live apart or give up custody of their children, the Raw Story website reports today (May 19, 2013).

Judge John Roach of McKinney, Texas has given Page Price 30 days to move out of the home she shares with Carolyn Compton and Compton's two children from a previous marriage because he does not approve of Compton and Price's "lifestyle."

Roach has placed a "morality clause" in Compton's divorce papers, which forbids Compton from having anyone she is not related to "by blood or marriage" in her home past 9:00 p.m. if the children are present. Same sex marriage is illegal in Texas, so by law, Compton cannot live with Price if she wishes to retain custody of her children.

Compton said that her ex-husband rarely bothers to see the children, and that she and Price have been living  together for three years. The two women are working with attorneys to determine what steps -- if any -- they can take to fight Texas' conservative court system.

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