Texas Judges Refusing Same-Sex Weddings Get $950,000 in Fees

The Texas commission that regulates judges’ conduct will pay nearly $950,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses after losing one case and settling another over its failed bid to penalize judges who refuse to marry same-sex couples for religious reasons.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is on the hook for $630,000 in one of them, according to a June 8 motion the commission joined with Judge Dianne Hensley.

The fee resolution comes after a Texas district court ruled in February that the commission violated Hensley’s religious rights when it hit her with a public warning in 2019 after she stopped ...