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4 Gay Couples Challenge La. Gay Marriage Ban
Source: Associated Press
4 Gay Couples Challenge La. Gay Marriage Ban
NEW ORLEANS February 12, 2014 (AP)
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press
Four gay married couples filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Louisiana Constitution's prohibition against recognizing same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.
Two of the couples said their daughters — one 10 months old, the other 2 ½ years old — were their main reasons for joining the other couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana in filing the lawsuit Wednesday.
Louisiana does not recognize both members of a same-sex union as parents, whether the child is adopted or born to the parents.
Jacqueline M. Brettner, an attorney, said that after her wife, nurse Lauren Brettner, gave birth to their daughter she realized that she herself wouldn't have the right to deal with the child's medical or school problems. The Brettners have been committed since 2011 and married on Valentine's Day 2012; their daughter is 10 months old.
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NEW ORLEANS February 12, 2014 (AP)
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press
Four gay married couples filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Louisiana Constitution's prohibition against recognizing same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.
Two of the couples said their daughters — one 10 months old, the other 2 ½ years old — were their main reasons for joining the other couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana in filing the lawsuit Wednesday.
Louisiana does not recognize both members of a same-sex union as parents, whether the child is adopted or born to the parents.
Jacqueline M. Brettner, an attorney, said that after her wife, nurse Lauren Brettner, gave birth to their daughter she realized that she herself wouldn't have the right to deal with the child's medical or school problems. The Brettners have been committed since 2011 and married on Valentine's Day 2012; their daughter is 10 months old.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/apnewsbreak-la-gay-marriage-lawsuit-planned-22476985