Louisiana Supreme Court justice suggests LGBT people are pedophiles
Two members of the Louisiana Supreme Court railed against same-sex marriage this week in a ruling that should have been a formality. One of the justices even insinuated that same-sex marriage was dangerous to children because LGBT people are sexual predators.
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s ruling that found the state’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, citing the Supreme Court’s historic June ruling on same-sex marriage. The Louisiana Supreme Court noted in its 6-1 ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court decision was “final and binding on this court.”
The lone dissenter in the Louisiana ruling, Justice Jeff Hughes, said the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t change the definition of marriage.
“Judges instruct jurors every week not to surrender their honest convictions merely to reach agreement,” he wrote. “I cannot do so now, and respectfully dissent. Marriage is not only for the parties. Its purpose is to provide children with a safe and stable environment in which to grow. It is the epitome of civilization. Its definition cannot be changed by legalisms. He also suggested it was dangerous for a gay couple to adopt a boy, insinuating that LGBT people were pedophiles.
“This case involves an adoption,” Hughes continued. “The most troubling prospect of same sex marriage is the adoption by same sex partners of a young child of the same sex. Does the 5-4 decision of the United States Supreme Court automatically legalize this type of adoption? While the majority opinion of Justice Kennedy leaves it to the various courts and agencies to hash out these issues, I do not concede the reinterpretation of every statute premised upon traditional marriage.”
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