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File - In the Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. Republican attorneys general across the U.S. are fighting court rebukes of same-sex marriage bans in their states. But Texas' Greg Abbott is doing so against extraordinary personal ties: Phariss, one of the gay men challenging the law here is an old friend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Gay marriage fight pits Texas AG vs. gay friend

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 8, 2014 photo, Nicole Dimetman kisses her son while waiting in the checkout line at Whole Foods in Austin, Texas A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in a lawsuit brought by two homosexual couples who say the Texas Constitution’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional because it denies them the right to be treated like everyone else. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Lisa Krantz) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT

Judge hears challenge of Texas’ gay marriage ban

By CHRIS TOMLINSON - Associated Press