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The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Shreveport. These cities comprise the Western District of Louisiana.
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.
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.
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.
Universal birth registration is enshrined in international human rights through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 7). Civil Registration is a driver for accessing fundamental rights. Besides establishing a person’s legal identity from birth, such as name and date of birth, it also establishes legal family relations.
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 ...
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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Louisiana.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.