This is an update on which Texas counties have recently begun to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples and some news from the state legislature regarding same sex marriage.
According to the Navasota Examiner, Grimes County (pop 27000)
issued their first marriage license to a same sex couple on July 13.
According to the Texas Tribune, Rusk County clerk Joyce Lewis-Kugle resigned office as she felt unable to issue licenses due to her religious beliefs. Coincidently, the same day that she resigned, the county stated in a press release that unspecified "technical problems" were resolved, and the county (pop 15000) was now able to issue licenses to same sex couples.
According to the Longview News-Journal. Texas state house representative David Simpson (R-Longview) has called for a special session of the state legislature to address what he calls "gay marriage matters'. His reasons for wanting a special session are to vote on whether or not to provide benefits to state employees in a same sex marriage, have the state stop issuing all marriage licenses, and to protect vendors who refuse to provide services to same sex couples. For non-Texans, the state legislature only meets every two years for 140 days. The session just ended a few weeks ago. It is probably very unlikely that the governor would call a special session for this issue.
It's getting more difficult to determine the status of counties regarding issuing licenses to same sex couples. From what I can reckon, 2 counties are still refusing to issue. In Texas, you can get your marriage license in any county. You do not have to reside in that county.