Bobby Jindal Blocking Marriages in Louisiana

The archconservative governor and GOP presidential candidate is doing all he can to stop same-sex weddings in his state.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and his attorney general, Buddy Caldwell, are refusing to allow same-sex couples to wed in the Pelican State.

"Current state law is still in effect until the courts order us otherwise," a Jindal spokesman told the The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Caldwell followed that up with a statement that claimed, "There is not yet a legal requirement for officials to issue marriage licenses or perform marriages for same-sex couples in Louisiana."

State officials say they're waiting to green-light weddings until a decision is rendered by a lower court in a different marriage case. The officials' justification is specious since a ruling in that lower court case -- argued in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals -- was being held until the Supreme Court decided on national marriage equality.

Seven same-sex couples in Louisiana already filed a motion seeking to force state officials to enforce the Supreme Court's decision. Meanwhile, Jindal slammed the high court's ruling and said it should be abolished.

"Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that," Jindal said in a written statement while campaigning in Iowa, "If we want to save some money lets just get rid of the court."