Ken Paxton, Texas’ not-so-lovable antigay attorney general, is finally seeing some repercussions for bending the law to his right-wing will. He may face contempt of court charges for blocking a gay man from changing his deceased husband’s death certificate to reflect his marital status.
Last year, James Stone-Hoskins and John Allen Stone-Hoskins were legally married in New Mexico. In January, James died of terminal illness. Since then, John, also terminally ill, has been embroiled in a tedious legal battle with the state of Texas to have the death certificate changed.
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The Supreme Court’s June 26th ruling should have made this one a no-brainer for any legal professional, but Paxton has tied the proceedings up in knots.
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“I have a terminal liver disease, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, breast disease, a heart defect, in addition to a defective aorta, which was not discovered until recently,” John said today in court documents. “My doctors expect me to live another 45 to 60 days.”
“I also wish to have the dignity of being listed on my deceased husband’s death certificate,” he added.
After John filed a lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered Texas to make the appropriate change to his late husband’s death certificate, and also demanded that Attorney General Ken Paxton and the State’s interim commissioner of the Department of State Health Services, Ken Cole, appear before him next week to face possible contempt of court charges.
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Paxton is accused of advising Cole on how to block John’s request.
This tops off a long list of unsavory actions by Paxton while in office. Just last week, the 52-year-old Republican was indicted on felony security law violations. He was arrested and booked this week.
We’ll be happy to watch this ship sink.
h/t NCRM
Glücklich
The embodiment of knowing when to pick one’s battles.
Those of us who understand the *GLACIAL* pace of legal proceedings and the courts can only imagine how much time both of these pol jagoffs spent to hinder this one tiny little thing which had ZERO impact on their state.
The AG might be sent to one of those club Fed prisons but I hope he winds up in the real pen for a while. As to the securities charges….better not be a plea deal to shrink what should be a painfully hefty fine. This Asshole General should be bankrupted. Then go after his wife and kids to whom I’m sure any ill-gotten gains and other assets have been assigned. Just tie ’em all up at great expense *to them* in the courts for years.
Tony Chaplinski
not a vendictive person but I hope they nail his ass
Mark Reimer
Ivan Alberto Lugo
Give that ass two counts not one
Brian JC Kneeland
I hope they remove him from power!
Joshua Anthony Villegas
Schadenfreude is so sweet…..this wonky-eyed rat is an embarrassment to my home state.
Curty
He also told clerks to not marry same sex couples after the SCOTUS ordered it. He should have lost his job for that alone, breaking the law. I hate him and all of our enemies. I hope he serves time in jail and loses his AG title.
Craig Shapiro
The difference between a weasel like that and a , well, just a spineless weasel.
Sluggo2007
I hope he gets cancer of the balls and penis.
Giancarlo85
Where are all the gay Republicans? Oh that is right. Nowhere to be found! This is what Republicans think of us. They view as less than human.
Xzamilio
@Sluggo2007: What a terrible thing to say. “He”. That’s no man… I hope IT gets cancer of the balls and penis!!!
Gaymikey1960
I hope Paxton and all like him burn in hell, along with all the religious haters that spread this hatred for those of us in the LGBT communities and say that god is nothing but hate!
Kristofer Keith Davis
is that an elected position? if so shame you you Texan voters!
aliengod
Hold them both in contempt and lock them up!
BlueDude
I love witnessing Karma. And, isn’t former governor/GOP Prez hopeful, Rick Perry, under charges of felony misconduct? Oh, God, I promise not to rejoice too loudly when the “GOP Titanic” slams into the karmic iceberg.
BlueDude
@Kristofer Keith Davis: Just in case you haven’t noticed, Texas voters have elected an entire State government full of Texas-sized A$$holes, from da Guvnuh on down, gay-haters beyond counting: legislators, various officials, sheriffs, even little bigoted county clerks who refuse to issue marriage licenses.
Dino Diamantakos
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Why? They are republicans. You are supposed to support them!
tricky ricky
he thought he’d be able to get this one by because the guy is going to die any day now. he’d be able to use it at fundraisers as a joke about he screwed the dying queer on his deathbed.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: You’re an idiot! Why would anyone blindly support someone simply because they are Republican? You should have your head examined!
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: YOU DO. You support anyone that has an “R” next to their name. You are blind in your support of politicians that are republican… shows for your support of the homophobic and xenophobic Donald Trump.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: You seriously need help. The “right wing” paranoia that you’ve developed has consumed you. In your mind, they’re hiding around every corner. You’ve developed an unhealthy obsession with Republicans. You somehow manage to insert “Republican” or “right wing” into every topic that’s discussed. The first step in the road to recovery is admitting you’ve got a problem. I’m not against you, I’m for you. Ask for help and I’ll try and direct you to a good counselor. I’m sure your impulse will be to deny and parrot back to me what I’ve said but please resist. Will you accept the help that’s being offered to you? Please!
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: You are the one that is seriously unhinged. You have professed your deep support for a rather nasty republican (looking at the debates none of those idiots could actually answer a question). You’re the one that is obsessed with my looks or what I do in my personal life. You have serious dementia. You need some medication to help with that.
Scott Haltom
He is an example of what people will do to make others unhappy and to hurt them.
jason smeds
Ken Paxton has made a fool of himself.
Desert Boy
Texas is a shithole.
Homura Akemi
@aliengod: I think Giacarlo85 was being sarcastic.
Xzamilio
@Homura Akemi: He isn’t.
Atomicrob
An unfortunate, yet all to common story. We have miles to go until there is true equality for the LGBT community.
Kevin B
Well, you know what they say: Once a dick, always a dick. I hope this dick gets dicked good this time around, as well as all of the rest of them fighting the ruling.
manonyme
. . .what? no Perp Walk footage. or a nice Mugshot? lol
Glücklich
@manonyme:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20150803-judge-lets-paxton-throw-out-the-towel-for-mugshot.ece
Get a look at the smirk on his face.
tsginamarieva
I vote we wall off Texas (and probably Oklahoma, too, while we’re at it) from the rest of the states and saltpeter their water supply.
Homura Akemi
@Xzamilio: How do you know, if I may ask?
Homura Akemi
@tsginamarieva: What about the children? They deserve clean water.