On Oct.24, the Texas Supreme Court added a Comment (full text) to Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judical Conduct. The New Comment reads:
It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief.
Canon 4, among other things, requires that judges conduct their extra-judicial activities in a manner that does not cast reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to act impartially as a judge. See prior related posting.
KERA News reports on these developments.
