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Only one Waco-based justice of the peace has been doing any civil weddings since the high court decided Obergefell vs. Hodges on July 26, 2015, and she said she will only do a wedding between a man and a woman.

Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley said she initially chose not to do weddings at all after the Supreme Court decision, as did some other JPs in the county, including her colleague, Precinct 1 Place 2 Judge Pete Peterson.

She said that as a “Bible-believing” Christian, her conscience also prohibits her from doing same-sex weddings, and she thinks she is entitled to a “religious exemption.” She said that on a couple of occasions, her office has told same-sex couples that the judge was not available and gave them a list of locals who would officiate a same-sex wedding, including ministers and Precinct 3 JP David Pareya, who is based in West.

Hensley said she does not remember the source of the legal precedent for such an allowance. She said she is familiar with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s controversial and nonbinding memo following the 2015 Supreme Court decision.

Carmen Saenz, founder and leader of the local LGBT advocacy group InterWaco, said she found out about Hensley’s stance last October, when her friend David Garcia got married to a woman in Hensley’s court. Saenz said she later asked Hensley during a phone call whether she would take LGBT couples.

“I said, ‘As a lesbian, you would not marry me?’ and she said, ‘That’s right,’” Saenz recalled.

Saenz said that when she objected, saying such a position is against the law, Hensley said, ‘So sue me.’”

“She needs to find another job, then,” Garcia said. “You’re an elected official. If you want to live in a theocracy, then move to Iran. You’re sworn to uphold the Constitution, not the Bible.