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State Judge Rejects Gay Marriage Ban

October 6, 2004
 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 



 

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 5 (AP) - A state judge on Tuesday
threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning
same-sex marriage, less than three weeks after voters
overwhelmingly approved it. 

The judge, William A. Morvant of the 19th Judicial District
Court, said the amendment was flawed because it had more
than one purpose: banning not only gay marriage but also
civil unions. 

Groups that oppose same-sex marriage expressed outrage, and
Michael Johnson, a lawyer for supporters of the amendment,
said he would appeal. 

"We have judges acting in arrogance to usurp the actions of
the Legislature and deny the voters of Louisiana who voted
overwhelmingly to support the protection of marriage," said
Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research
Council in Washington. 

A gay-rights group called Forum for Equality had challenged
the amendment, arguing among other things that combining
the issues of same-sex marriage and civil unions in one
ballot question violated state law. 



http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/national/06gay.html?ex=1098086472&ei=1&en=c30099ee39c606d3


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