El Paso County Justices of the Peace Answers on Same Sex Weddings

I have called every Justice of the Peace in El Paso County to ask the direct question if they will or will not conduct weddings for same-sex couples.

Here are the answers I received from each Justice of the Peace.

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 (Westside)
Judge's Name: Robert Pearson
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Staff
Answer: Didn't know at first because the judge is at a conference. The staff member called me back a few minutes later and indicated that he had spoken with the judge and he will be performing the marriages and said one could be scheduled as early as Thursday this week.

Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 (Northeast)
Judge's Name: Brian Haggerty
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Judge Haggerty via Text
Answer: "As a judge I have taken an oath to uphold the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Texas. If anone has the correct documents I have to conduct the ceremony."

Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 (Central)
Judge's Name: Guadalupe Aponte
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Staff
Answer: Yes

Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 (Eastside)
Judge's Name: Jesus Urenda
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Staff & Judge Urenda
Answer: "Yes I will be performing same sex marriages"

Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 (Lower Valley)
Judge's Name: John Chatman
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Judge Chatman
Answer: He referred me to the County Attorneys Office for a list of judges that were available to do those weddings and that he was waiting to hear back from her. I told her I had already heard from the CA and summarized what her opinion said, He then repeated his answer of referring me to the CA only a little louder. I told him I wanted to know what he, as an individually elected office holder would do if a gay couple wanted to get married in his court and I asked him if that was a no? He responded by saying not to put words in his mouth and repeated a referral to the county attorney's office for a third time, only louder this time.

When I followed up with county attorney and she indicated that "There is no such list. Almost all judges can preside over weddings. There was a list of judges who were available today for all weddings. The list was created for the convenience of the public so they wld not have to wander around figuring out who is on vacation, in trial etc. The list of available judges was in anticipation of increas in wedding requests today." (This took place on Friday)

Justice of the Peace Precinct 6-1 (The Valley & Horizon)
Judge's Name: Ruben Lujan
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Staff
Answer: Yes

Justice of the Peace Precinct 6-2 (Far East & Montana Vista)
Judge's Name: Enedina Serna
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Who I Spoke With: Staff
Answer: Yes

Justice of the Peace Precinct 7 (The Upper Valley & Westside)
Judge's Name: Kelly Dickson
Party Affiliation: Republican
Who I Spoke With: Staff
Answer: She is going to check with the judge. The judge is currently on the bench right now. I will update this post as soon as I get an answer.