Texas Slips Same-Sex-Marriage Language Into Texts

Just days after voters in 11 states approved bans on single-sex marriages, state school board members in Texas endorsed revisions to new health textbooks that define marriage according to the state’s own year-old law: a lifelong union between a man and a woman.

Board member Terri Leo sprang the proposed changes on her colleagues and on publishers Nov. 4, just as the board was set to vote on the textbooks.

The decision could have implications for health education nationwide, given publishers’ tendency to cater to...