JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four gay married couples filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Louisiana Constitution's prohibition against recognizing same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.
Two of the couples said their daughters - one 10 months old, the other 2 ½ years old - were their main reasons for joining the other couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana in filing the lawsuit Wednesday.
Louisiana does not recognize both members of a same-sex union as parents, whether the child is adopted or born to the parents.