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Sodomy, evolution, abortion: Louisiana holds on to unenforceable laws
BATON ROUGE, La. — The East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s recent use of an unconstitutional law to arrest gay men who weren’t doing anything illegal might not have happened if state lawmakers had stripped the statute from the state’s law books once it was thrown out.
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Vandal targets historic New Orleans home of gay rights activist
NEW ORLEANS – A gay activist in New Orleans says somebody tore a rainbow flag from his balcony and spray-painted the word “fags” on the house he and his partner share, and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime..
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Under fire for arresting gay men, sheriff says he will stop enforcing sodomy law
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Sheriff’s Office in East Baton Rouge, La., that arrested at least 12 men since 2011 under a sodomy law invalidated in 2003 by the U.S. Supreme Court, now says it “should have taken a different approach” to concerns about park safety, and will no longer enforce the outdated law.
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Baton Rouge, La., cops arresting gay men for private consensual sex
BATON ROUGE, La. — At least a dozen men since 2011, the most recent on July 18, have been arrested in East Baton Rouge, La., under the state’s unenforceable “crimes against nature” anti-sodomy law.
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La. GOP councilman proposes flag law after veteran complains of pride flag
LAFAYETTE, La. — A south Louisiana official says he’s drafting a proposal to limit the types of flags that can be flown on government property after hearing complaints about a gay pride flag being hoisted temporarily in a local park.
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Deadly arson in New Orleans gay bar remembered 40 years later
NEW ORLEANS — Forty years ago, on June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the UpStairs Lounge, a popular gay bar on the corner of Iberville and Chartres Streets in New Orleans.
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La. lawmakers consider bill to block surrogacy by gay parents
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill making its way in the Louisiana state legislature that would establish provisions to block gay and unmarried couples from becoming parents using a surrogate, is headed to a joint House-Senate conference committee this week.
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Louisiana legislative panel rejects anti-discrimination bill for state workers
BATON ROUGE, La. — A proposed ban on discrimination against state employees because of their sexual orientation failed to win support Wednesday from the Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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LSU football player is sorry ‘if you were hurt’ that he called gays sissies
BATON ROUGE, La. — A college football player at Louisiana State University apologized Friday for saying gays should not play football because they are sissies.
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Two more Senate Democrats comment on gay marriage, but hold back on support
Two more U.S. Senators weighed in on the issue of same-sex marriage on Friday, but unlike the eight previous announcements by Senate colleagues, neither expressed their public support of marriage equality.