"FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2015, file photio, Ken Paxton speaks after he was sworn in as Texas attorney general in Austin, Texas. Paxton calls the Supreme Court decision giving same-sex couples the right to marry a ""lawless ruling"" and says state workers can cite their religious objections in denying marriage licenses. He warned in a statement Sunday, June 28, 2015, that any clerk, justice of the peace or other administrator who declines to issue a license to a same-sex couple could face litigation or a fine. But in the nonbinding legal opinion, Paxton says ""numerous lawyers"" stand ready to defend, free of charge, any public official refusing to grant one. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)"
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