A federal judge hearing arguments in a
case seeking to force Louisiana to recognize the out-of-state
marriages of gay and lesbian couples expanded the case to include
whether gay couples should be allowed to wed in the state.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, who
was nominated to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan,
threw lawyers for a loop when he stated he wanted to broaden the
case's scope, saying it would be unfair to rule “piecemeal.”
“I feel uncomfortable resolving some
issues one way or the other and not all the issues one way or
another,” Feldman
said at the end of Wednesday's 90-minute hearing in New Orleans.
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