Angela Paxton's announcement on X that she filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on biblical grounds spread quickly through social media and political circles. It comes after 38 years of marriage and may impact the attorney general's primary challenge against four-term incumbent Sen.

The divorce petition said that the couple had not been living together since June 2024 and that the grounds for divorce included that Mr. Paxton “has committed adultery.”

When Republican state Sen. Angela Paxton announced she filed to end her 38 years of marriage with Attorney General Ken Paxton “on biblical grounds,” it opened a floodgate of clashing viewpoints from C...