How does the Supreme Court’s decision about same-sex marriage affect Texas school districts?

There is no doubt that the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was the most historic and consequential decision from the Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term. This is the case in which the Court held that the Constitution guarantees the right of people to marry a person of the same sex.

Consequential and historic as it is, the decision will have only a limited impact on Texas school districts.  Texas school districts do not issue marriage licenses or perform marriage ceremonies.  However, Texas districts and charter schools will need to review their employee benefit packages and make note of any benefits that are afforded to spouses.  That term now includes a person of the same sex if the two people are lawfully married.

DAWG BONE: DYLAN HAD IT RIGHT. THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING.