TEXAS CITY -- When Felicia Taylor and her family finally found the approximately 135-year-old branding iron registered by her great-great-grandfather, they struggled with what to do next.

A Texas man is suing a local Hindu temple, alleging it branded his son with a hot iron during a cultural ceremony ... even if the child consented to the branding, it’s illegal in Texas ...

An Indian-origin man whose 11-year-old son was branded with a hot iron rod as part ... who said branding, tattooing or scarring a child is illegal in Texas even with parental consent.