In an attempt to pass an anti-gay marriage law in Texas, the legislature may have inadvertently invalidated all legal benefits associated with marriages. In H.J.R. 6 - the text reads:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Section 32 to read as follows:
Sec. 32. (a) Marriage in this state shall consist only of
the union of one man and one woman.
(b) This state or a political subdivision of this state may
not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.

Take note of the part (b). Some would argue that a legal status that is identical to marriage is: …..wait for it….. marriage itself.

Looking up the word “identical,” it is defined as: being the same. I would say that “marriage” is the same as “marriage.”

Ah syllogism, how your educational torture has finally repaid me.

In an ironic twist, if this was upheld by a strictly constitutional judge (which many republicans state that they are), everyone in the state would have to go without the legal benefits of marriage and see what it is like to not have those protections. If the judges ignore the strict interpretation, one could claim they are “activist judges.”