WACO, Texas ( KWTX /Gray News) - Texas judges who decline to perform gay marriages based on their religious beliefs won’t be subject to sanctions governing judicial impartiality.

The Texas Supreme Court recently shared that ruling and added it as a comment to the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct.

The high court added, “It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief.”

The comment could have statewide implications for gay marriages and sanctions facing judges who decline to perform such ceremonies based on their religious beliefs.

McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley was sanctioned by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in 2019 for declining to officiate at gay mar

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