While the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage 10 months ago, two members of the Texas Supreme Court recently took shots at the trial judge and the lawyer who allowed the first lesbian couple to get married in the state months before the landmark decision was issued.

The Texas Supreme Court denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s motion for writ of mandamus that sought to invalidate the marriage of the two women on April 15—a move the high court officially declared moot because of the Obergefell v. Hodges decision.

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