“Exactly. The key word here is ‘create’.”
Except, of course, that it goes on to say “or recognize.” That includes things that are already created.
I don’t think this is going anywhere in Texas, because it’s pretty clear what the intent was, but it sure was worded clumsily.
The “or recognize” phrase was wisely included to protect the inevitable crowing of homosexuals from out of state who claimed that they were “married” in Assachussetts. The phrase wasn’t clumsey, it was critical.