Exploring Louisiana Judge's Conservative, 'Terrifying' Background
In a shocking decision, U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman this week became the first federal judge to uphold a marriage ban since the Supreme Court overturned the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013.
The ruling presents a troubling misunderstanding of the facts in the case, going so far as to refer to marriage equality as "lifestyle choices recognition." Feldman also compares gay and lesbian coupling to incest and statutory rape.
The decision is so far outside the growing legal consensus around marriage that it is almost certain to be overturned. That would be a rare distinction for Feldman, known for having one of the lowest rates of overturned decisions in his district.
Until this ruling, Judge Feldman's career has been generally quiet and uncontroversial. A former Judge Advocate General lawyer, Ronald Reagan nominated him to the bench in 1983. Feldman is considered extremely literal, and a colleague told the Wall Street Journal in 2010 that "it's no secret he's a conservative Judge." At the time, Feldman had recently converted from Judaism to Catholicism, and was an almost-daily churchgoer. He is friends with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/09/04/exploring-louisiana-judges-conservative-terrifying-backgroun-0
Reagan is still screwing us to this day. I hope this judge gets his ass handed to him on a old rusty sharp edged paltter.
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