Texas judges will no longer face penalties if they opt out of performing same-sex marriages if the practice violates their religious beliefs, the state’s highest court ruled.

The Texas Supreme Court added a comment to the state’s judicial conduct code declaring that judges who “publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief” are not in violation of the state’s rules on judicial impartiality.

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The eight justices signed off on the order amending Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct last week. The

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