A plaintiff calls the ruling an ` ` awesome first step , '' noting an appeal is coming . " : Same - sex ban has ` ` no rational relation '' to legitimate government . Texas governor calls this a case of federal law infringement on state rights . ` And now ... reading that decision , it really was the first time I realized that , yeah , I can . '' This is the latest court ruling overturning laws forbidding gay and lesbian from legal marriage .
A plaintiff calls the ruling an ` ` awesome first step , '' noting an appeal is coming . " : Same - sex ban has ` ` no rational relation '' to legitimate government . Texas governor calls this a case of federal law infringement on state rights . This is the latest court ruling overturning laws forbidding gay and lesbian from legal marriage .