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LA Judge: I'll Stand Bayou on Marriage

It took a brave southern judge, but the Left's perfect record on same-sex "marriage" rulings finally snapped. Earlier today, Judge Martin Feldman broke a string of 20-plus activist decisions and yielded to the democratic process on Louisiana's marriage amendment. After more than a year of constitutional contempt, Judge Feldman restored some semblance of credibility -- and sanity -- to a federal bench that had been rewriting marriage law since the Supreme Court's Windsor decision.

Refusing to cave to the small -- but vocal chorus -- of liberals, Feldman said he was reluctant to throw away centuries of natural, social science, and legal tradition to satiate a radical fringe. "This Court is persuaded that Louisiana has a legitimate interest... whether obsolete in the opinion of some, or not, in the opinion of others," he wrote, "in linking children to an intact family formed by their two biological parents."

Relying on research -- not the Left's misshapen idea of "rights" -- the Reagan appointee was blunt about the danger of chasing the political and cultural winds. "Public attitude might be becoming more diverse, but any right to same-sex marriage is not yet so entrenched as to be fundamental," he said plainly.

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September 2, 2014

AP Photo: Office of U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman

U.S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman

 By KEVIN McGILL of Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge upheld Louisiana's
ban on same-sex marriages on Wednesday, as well as the
state's refusal to recognize gay marriages legally performed
in other states, ending an impressive streak of legal victories
for gay marriage advocates.

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman's ruling broke a string of 20-plus court wins for
supporters of same-sex marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part
of the Clinton-era federal Defense of Marriage Act last year. Feldman said gay marriage
supporters failed to prove that the ban violates equal protection or due process provisions
of the Constitution. He also rejected an argument that the ban violated the Constitution
by effectively forcing legally married gay couples to state that they are single on Louisiana
income tax returns.

Furthermore, states have the right to define the institution of marriage, Feldman wrote.

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