A Federal Judge is breaking the trend by approving the ban on same-sex marriages in Louisiana. According to the article in The New York Times, Judge Martin L.C. Feldman of the Federal District Court is going against the current trend of lifting the ban. Since the Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor last year, 19 other states and the District of Columbia have lifted the ban and 21 federal court decisions have found a same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional. Some legal experts think the judge’s approval of the ban on Wednesday will become irrelevant because Supreme Court will probably make a more final ruling in the next term. Nonetheless, the judge thinks that since same-sex marriage was not even possible until recently so it is not essential, and believes that agreeing to lift the ban on this will lead people to think marrying just about anyone, like one’s siblings, is okay. This is why he is the first federal judge to rule for the ban of same-sex marriage since the Supreme Court decision.
The relevance to our government course is that like the Republicans, Judge Martin Feldman believes marriage should be traditional. This means a man and woman can marry each other, and because it is a better environment for children. There is also talk about appeals being made about the judge’s decision. Some are even willing to take the case to the Supreme Court, which would also be a form of checks and balances in action. The main relevance is that the event is an example of a State V. Federal issue. Same-Sex marriage is legal federally, but every state has the choice of lifting or keeping the ban, and the judge has decided to approve of the ban in Louisiana.
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