Texas senator Dan Patrick unintentionally endorses gay marriage in Twitter fail

Feb 27, 2014 - 11:42
Feb 27, 2014 - 13:46
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Texas senator Dan Patrick unintentionally endorses gay marriage in Twitter fail
Lawsuits challenging same-sex marriage bans have been filed in dozens of states (pICTURE: rEUTERS)

A Texas senator opposed to gay marriage was left red-faced when he accidentally sent out a tweet endorsing it.

Republican Dan Patrick sent out the message to his 11,000 followers after a judge ruled the same-sex marriage ban in the deeply conservative state was ‘unconstitutional’.

 

 

Many users on the micro-blogging site took screen grabs of the ‘ONE MAN & ONE MAN’ tweet fail as others retweeted it.

The 63-year-old quickly deleted the tweet and then went on to clarify his stance on gay marriage.

 

 

 

Wednesday’s ruling prompted celebrations by gay marriage advocates over what could be their biggest victory yet in the US.

It follows similar recent decisions in Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia.

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