# Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 19, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-gay-marriage-ban-may-have-banned-all-marriages/518153 "2009-11-19T15:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-gay-marriage-ban-may-have-banned-all-marriages/518153/21 "2009-11-25T08:32:21Z")

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> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#):
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> Common-law and domestic partnerships are more accurately denoted “living in sin”, the bugaboo that was eroding the sanctity of marriage in the mid-twentieth century.

Common-law marriages are living in sin. Domestic partnerships need to be registered.

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