A top state lawyer has confirmed that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell almost certainly will appeal a federal appeals court order requiring that Louisiana issue an amended birth certificate listing as parents two out-of-state men who, through a New York court, adopted a child born in Shreveport.
Kyle Duncan, a Caldwell deputy and lead state attorney in the case, said the state will most likely ask the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse Thursday's unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the circuit. The state also has the option of appealing directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sitting squarely at the intersection of gay rights and federalism, the case poses questions about what lengths one state must go to enforce judgments from another state's court system. And for its obvious political undertones, the matter has the attention of gay-rights advocates and social conservatives.
Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith originally sued in federal district court after Louisiana Registrar Darlene Smith declined to give the two men a birth certificate reflecting their joint adoption, certified in New York, of an infant born in Louisiana.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/02/state_to_appeal_gay_adoption_r.htmlGeez, way to make Louisiana sound like it's full of small-minded bigots.
Oh wait . . . :banghead:
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