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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday, days after a historic Supreme Court ruling paved the way for gay marriages across the country.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Louisiana since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. The court held that the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples is unconstitutional, invalidating Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage.
Louisiana was the last state to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 after a landmark Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states. Red River Parish was the final holdout of Louisiana's 64 parishes when it continued to deny marriage licenses after 63 other parishes began doing so in late June 2015.
In 1988 and 1999, Louisiana added provisions to its Civil Code that prohibited same-sex couples from marrying and prohibited the recognition of same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. [9] [10] Louisiana added bans on same-sex marriage and civil unions to its Constitution in 2004. [11] Two lawsuits challenged the state's bans.
The "Young And Beautiful" songstress and Jeremy Dufrene, an airboat captain from Louisiana, obtained a marriage license at the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Courts office on Sept. 23, USA TODAY ...
The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in January: Ashley Marie Fritter and Edward Joel Griffith. James Albert Nau and Arlene Nancy Hupp. Anna Marie Whetzel and Stephen Ryan Frost.
Chapter 2. The marriage relationship - Section 2.001. Marriage license. (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county of this state. (b) A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex. Chapter 6.
NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month.. After a few weeks of speculation about the status of their relationship, Del Rey and Dufrene's marriage license was signed and returned to the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court, where it was filed on Friday.