Post by Logan on Mar 28, 2016 19:01:10 GMT -6
Louisiana Legislature looks to clean up outdated laws, but not gay marriage ban, anti-sodomy law
An effort is afoot in the Legislature to revise Louisiana’s law books and chip away at statutes that have been declared unconstitutional and unenforceable yet remain on the books.
Republican Sen. Dan Claitor has proposed a variety of bills that would delete outdated laws, like one that caps LSU parking violation fees at $1 and another that requires teachers to present both creationism and evolution in the classroom in a balanced manner. Those two laws are not enforced.
The move to clean the books stems from a recent report by the Louisiana State Law Institute prepared at the request of the Legislature. It recommended dozens of revisions and deletions of state laws that have been deemed unconstitutional over the past several decades by court decisions.
But no bills have been proposed to accept the recommendations about revising language in state laws banning same-sex marriage, despite last year’s high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage across the nation. And no bill has been submitted to repeal an unconstitutional law that criminalizes gay sex while likening it to bestiality.
Read more: www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/15297590-184/legislature-looking-at-cleaning-up-unconstitutional-laws-but-not-the-ones-that-affect-lgbt-community
An effort is afoot in the Legislature to revise Louisiana’s law books and chip away at statutes that have been declared unconstitutional and unenforceable yet remain on the books.
Republican Sen. Dan Claitor has proposed a variety of bills that would delete outdated laws, like one that caps LSU parking violation fees at $1 and another that requires teachers to present both creationism and evolution in the classroom in a balanced manner. Those two laws are not enforced.
The move to clean the books stems from a recent report by the Louisiana State Law Institute prepared at the request of the Legislature. It recommended dozens of revisions and deletions of state laws that have been deemed unconstitutional over the past several decades by court decisions.
But no bills have been proposed to accept the recommendations about revising language in state laws banning same-sex marriage, despite last year’s high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage across the nation. And no bill has been submitted to repeal an unconstitutional law that criminalizes gay sex while likening it to bestiality.
Read more: www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/15297590-184/legislature-looking-at-cleaning-up-unconstitutional-laws-but-not-the-ones-that-affect-lgbt-community