AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Labor for recognizing same-sex marriage under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

A revised definition under the law will recognize same-sex married couples if the marriage occurred in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage. The new rule, which is set to take effect March 27, would direct state agencies to give couples in same-sex marriages family and medical leave benefits.