Bobby Jindal Sued Over His Executive Order Slow-Rolling Same-Sex Marriages

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Marriage equality advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an executive order Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) signed last month. The complaint alleges that Jindal acted beyond his constitutional authority as governor in signing the order, known as the "Marriage and Conscience Order."

Jindal signed the order after a legislative proposal that would have prevented the government from taking action against individuals or business for their religiously-motivated opposition to same-sex marriage failed to advance in the state House.

Though there was some confusion what exactly the order would do when it was initially signed, Tuesday's complaint alleges that, in light of the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision, it would create a special class of people who would be allowed to deny gay couples their constitutionally-protected right to marry.

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Tuesday's complaint says that, especially with this clarification, Jindal's order "sanctions discrimination against same-sex marriage couples, same-sex couples seeking to marry and persons who believe in marriage equality for all couples." It asserts that Jindal's order would allow state-contracted businesses to discriminate against those in same-sex marriages, and additionally, "sends the message that same-sex couples, their families and friends, and supportive employers should avoid living, working, or visiting Louisiana."

Read the full complaint at link
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lawsuit-filed-against-bobby-jindal-marriage-order

[rurallib]

1. I get this vision of our jails filling with county and city officials

refusing to issue marriage licenses. Their superiors(?) will not be jailed.
What will become of these wayward officials once they have tasted a life of crime?

The silver lining is that the Corrections Corporations of America will see their jails fill and their profits rise.

[shenmue]

2. He doesn't know what being a governor is