The Texas Defence of Marriage Act is an act that specifies that US State of Texas does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil union.
The statute was enacted in 2003, it made void in Texas any same-sex marriage or civil union.
[1] This statute also prohibits the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state from giving effect to same-sex marriages or civil unions performed in other jurisdictions.
[3] Subsequently Texas Proposition 2 (2005) wrote similar restrictions into the state constitution.
On 26 February 2014 San Antonio-based Judge Orlando Garcia struck down the Texas state ban on same sex marriage stating that the "current prohibition has no legitimate governmental purpose."