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The attorneys for
Jim Cato and Joe Stapleton said in a statement that they settled
the suit against Hood County Clerk Katie Lang for the cost in
legal fees, or almost $44,000.
Lang said in late June her Christian beliefs were being
violated by issuing licenses to same-sex couples and she would
not personally grant them. The clerk's office issued the
document after the lawsuit was filed on July 6.
"Clerk Lang is fortunate that the Hood County Commissioners
agreed to resolve the lawsuit now to save her from dealing with
the additional expense and significant financial exposure her
actions caused the taxpayers of her county,” Jan Soifer, of
Austin law firm O’Connell & Soifer, said in the statement.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the U.S. Constitution
provides gay couples the right to marry.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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