Last Wednesday, a federal ruling by a judge in Louisiana upheld the right of the state to defend the traditional view of marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman.
Judge Martin Feldman ruled that the 2004 marriage amendment passed by 74% of voters in Louisiana was not contrary to the principles and guarantees of equality under the US Constitution, and that under the law, each state has the constitutional right to decide how marriage is defined.
The judge’s decision upheld the state of Louisiana’s continued rights to neither allow same-sex 'marriage' nor recognise 'marriages' between persons of the same sex performed in other US states.
His ruling came in the wake of a series of judicial decisions overturning laws upholding marriage as the union of one man and one woman in a number of US states.
Judge Feldman’s decision was applauded by pro-family groups including the National Organisation for Marriage (NOM), which described it as “a major victory for marriage that should be celebrated”.
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