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Appeals Notice Filed in Ruling Upholding Louisiana's Gay Marriage Ban

Appeals Notice Filed in Ruling Upholding Louisiana's Gay Marriage Ban

LouisianaLate last week, Forum for Equality Louisiana and several gay couples filed their notcies of appeal in Louisiana Federal Judge Martin Feldman’s ruling earlier this month upholding the state’s ban on marriage equality. 

Notably, Judge Feldman’s bizarre, hateful opinion was the first (and so far only) federal loss for equality in this post-DOMA court landscape. The appeal now goes to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, where a Texas gay-marraige case is also pending. 

The Shreveport Times reports that Michael Johnson, the attorney who defended Louisiana’s ban, said an appeal of the ruling was to be expected

“We’re prepared already to handle that,” Johnson said. “We have a very good chance of prevailing in the 5th Circuit.”

A win at that level would be even more significant than Wednesday’s ruling, Johnson said, because it would indicate a split in appellate rulings, which is often a precursor to a case coming before the Supreme Court.

This case, Robicheaux v. Caldwell, could be the case that finally forces the Supreme Court to rule once and for all, he said. 


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www.towleroad.com/2014/09/appeals-notice-filed-in-ruling-upholding-louisianas-gay-marriage-ban.html

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PHOTOS: Good Things Come In Fours

PHOTOS: Good Things Come In Fours

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We’ve been seeing a lot or quartets lately — mostly male models — and hey, we don’t hate it. This time around we have four models representing underwear brand Freedom Reigns for the Fall/Winter ’14 photo shoot. While every picture is a stunner with the gorgeous guys and their totally ripped bodies, we decided we wanted to show you that models have fun too. We love that Freedom Reigns didn’t leave these playful photos on the cutting room floor becuase you get to see each of their personalities. Scroll down to see just how mischievous they get.thumbnail-441 thumbnail-401 thumbnail-461thumbnail-571

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Photo credit: Bradford Rogne Photography

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Louisiana Judge's Gay Marriage Ruling is Riddled with Errors

Louisiana Judge's Gay Marriage Ruling is Riddled with Errors
With the Justices of the Supreme Court returning from break at the end of the month, time is running out for states to prepare their marriage equality cases for consideration. Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia are all ready for the Justices to review, and Wisconsin and Indiana aren’t far behind. But even though it’s a long way from being ready for Supreme Court consideration, a strange case in Louisiana has been attracting a lot of attention.

On its face, the Louisiana marriage case seems straightforward enough: as in over 30 other states, the plaintiffs have sued for access to marriage on the grounds of due process and equal protection. What’s unusual in the case is the bizarrely error-filled ruling delivered recently by Judge Martin Feldman.

Among the problems: Feldman refers to homosexuality as “lifestyle choices.” He claims that gay and lesbian couples aren’t entitled to the same protections as interracial couples because the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly mentions race. (It doesn’t.) And he uses the wrong term to describe the standards of review by which discriminatory laws can be judged.

Feldman is the only federal judge to uphold a marriage ban since the Supreme Court overturned DOMA in 2013. In that time, more than twenty other courts have overturned the law. It’s hard to imagine how Feldman’s strange ruling can be allowed to stand, and plaintiffs have already announced their intention to appeal.

www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-baume/louisiana-judges-gay-marr_b_5782550.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

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