Appeals court upholds NOLA partner registry
(New Orleans, Louisiana) A state appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the city of New Orleans was within its authority when it granted health benefits to domestic partners of city employees and established a domestic partner registry for city residents.
The decision by the Court of Appeal for …
Appeals court upholds NOLA partner registry
(New Orleans, Louisiana) A state appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the city of New Orleans was within its authority when it granted health benefits to domestic partners of city employees and established a domestic partner registry for city residents.
The decision by the Court of Appeal for …
Louisiana may reopen gay adoption ruling
(New Orleans, Louisiana) The state of Louisiana has asked a federal judge to reconsider a ruling that both names of a gay couple must appear on the birth certificate of their adopted son.
Oren Adar and Mickey Smith adopted their Louisiana-born son in 2006 in a New York court, where a judge …
Louisiana to appeal gay parent ruling
(New Orleans, Louisiana) The state of Louisiana is preparing to appeal a federal court ruling that both names of a gay couple must appear on the birth certificate of their adopted son.
Louisiana Health Secretary Alan Levine said that the court ordered the state to do more than what the US Constitution …
