LOUISIANA VOTE ON MARRIAGE UNFAIR, LAWYERS SAY: From the Associated Press

A 19th Judicial District Court judge is scheduled to hear arguments today in a lawsuit over a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

Louisiana already has a law stating that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, but supporters of a proposed amendment banning gay marriage want to protect that law in the Louisiana Constitution.

A group called Forum for Equality filed suit, arguing that the proposed ban would violate the state constitution's guarantee of individuals' rights to enter into contracts and to own property. Forum for Equality lawyers argue that the proposed amendment would invalidate contracts that gay and lesbian partners have entered into to own houses together or to share responsibility for children.

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