Louisiana Gay Marriage Ruling (ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH)

[moonshaz]

The 6 Most F*&%ed Up Parts Of The Louisiana Gay Marriage Ruling

A federal judge in Louisiana upheld the state's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday.

While the federal judges who struck down other same-sex marriage bans wrote about love and equality in their rulings, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman called same-sex marriage "inconceivable

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[squidger]

JFC. Just because the state says that there's a rational basis behind the law, it doesn't mean that that basis is an actual thing that actually exists.

Louisiana's laws and Constitution are directly related to achieving marriage's historically preeminent purpose of linking children to their biological parents.

NOOOOO.

[ceruleanst]

What about a transgender spouse? Is such a union same-gender or male-female?

Yeah, what about that. One would think that bringing this up would make you notice that this is actually one of the unresolvable flaws in enforcing the distinction, but I guess when just imagining the existence of a trans person serves as a slippery-slope appeal to absurdity, you don't have to think that far.

[moonshaz]

Well, this is somewhat encouraging....

"The case is sure to be appealed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. So far two different appeals court have struck down state bans on gay marriage. Since Windsor, there has been no split in the federal courts of appeal on this issue."

Source: ABC News

[hinoema]

Good. This 'opinion' reeks of someone putting personal preference over existing law and precedence.

[darsynia]

Yeah, this. For all that many Republicans complain about 'activist judges,' this seems like a textbook case of one.

[ginger_maya]

Oh, look, we have yet another dumbass who, among other things, compares consensual relationships to rape and is probably a potential rapist himself. And this one is someone with actual power.

[crossfire]

This is what "judicial activism" looks like.