Legislator files complaint on gay-marriage judge

A Republican member of the Texas House on Wednesday asked the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate state District Judge David Wahlberg, whose order last week allowed an Austin same-sex couple to marry.

Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a tea party favorite and freshman legislator from Arlington, complained that Wahlberg failed to notify the attorney general’s office that the constitutionality of a Texas law was being challenged in his courtroom, as required by state statute.

“This judge deliberately violated statutory law, and this is unacceptable,” Tinderholt said in a statement. “Judge Wahlberg allowed his personal views to dictate his action and ignored state law to accomplish his desired outcome.”

Wahlberg, a Democrat, was an Austin criminal defense lawyer before he became a district judge in January 2013. He was out of state Wednesday and not available for comment, his office said.

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