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NEW ORLEANS – Today the ACLU of Louisiana sent an open letter urging the City of Kenner to cease enforcement of its ordinance which prohibits the display of political signs on private property except for the period sixty (60) days before and ten (10) days after an election.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana would like to express our profound sympathy to the families and loved ones of the victims of Thursday's shooting in Lafayette.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana sent an open letter today to Louisiana OMV Commissioner Stephen Campbell, regarding OMV locations which have refused to honor name change requests from same-sex couples.
The letter reads as follows:
BATON ROUGE, La. — The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, Forum for Equality Foundation, and 6 individual plaintiffs today filed suit challenging Governor Bobby Jindal's "Marriage and Conscience Order," signed on May 19, because it goes beyond his constitutional authority as governor.
U.S. Supreme Court Declares State Marriage Bans for Same-Sex Couples Unconstitutional