A Tea Party lawmaker erred last week when he filed a handwritten complaint against the judge who permitted Texas' first same-sex marriage. State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, a veteran groom with five marriages under his belt, called out the wrong judge and made a flawed assertion of Texas law.

That's according to Bud Kennedy of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, who reported the blunder in a Saturday column, three days after Tinderholt submitted the complaint to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

On his Facebook page, Tinderholt announced the filing and wrote, "Judge David Wahlberg issued a ruling that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered a circuit court clerk to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple. This judge deliberately violated statutory law that requires judges to notify the Office of Attorney General before ruling on constitutionality."

The first problem: Wahlberg didn't rule the marriage ban unconstitutional. That was Probate Judge Guy Herman, who issued the decision as part of an estate claim by a woman who wanted her deceased female partner legally recognized as her spouse. Wahlberg used Herman's ruling to marry a lesbian couple in Austin last month, saying a terminal illness made the couple unable to wait for a final ruling on the constitutional challenge.

But even if Tinderholt meant to direct his qualms to judge Herman, there's another glitch. In his complaint, Tinderholt wrote "constitutional challenge by a judge requires notice and must wait until 45 days after to enter final judgment."

Kennedy reported that on Jan. 23, Herman had notified the state attorney general's office, which opted not to get involved in the case.

Tinderholt's office did not immediately say why the lawmaker opposes same-sex marriages, and the issue is not included amongst several on Tinderholt's "Issues" web page. Other conservatives often cite the sanctity of traditional marriage and the importance of a strong family for child-raising as reasons they oppose efforts to legalize gay marriage.

However 44-year-old Tinderholt has been married five times. According to records accessed through TexasDivorceRecords.org and verified at CourthouseDirect.com, Tinderholt married Kimberly Greaves in 1990, divorced her in 1994, married her again in 1995 and divorced her again in 1996. A subsequent marriage lasted from 1996 to 1997, and another from 2002 to 2007.

One of his marriages ended with the issuance of a restraining order against him by his former wife. In a court-ordered psychological evaluation, Tinderholt said once he married for "insurance reasons."

He is currently married to former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Bethany Tyler-Tinderholt.