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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Louisiana face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Louisiana. Same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples do not have the same protections as opposite-sex couples. In September 2014, two courts, one federal and one state, produced contradictory rulings on the constitutionality of the state's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples. The U.S. Supreme Court resolved that conflict when it ruled such bans unconstitutional in ''Obergefell v. Hodges'' on June 26, 2015. Two days later, Governor Bobby Jindal said the state would comply with that ruling and license same-sex marriages. ==Laws against same-sex sexual activity== Homosexuality was legal until 1805, when Louisiana enacted its first penal code after annexation by the US.〔http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/louisiana.htm#fn1〕 Sexual acts between persons of the same sex are legal in Louisiana. They were previously criminalized under the state's sodomy law, which applied to both homosexuals and heterosexuals. The law was rendered unenforceable in 2003 by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in ''Lawrence v. Texas''.〔''New York Times'': ("Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Law Banning Sodomy," June 26, 2003 ). Retrieved April 13, 2011.〕 In 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the part of the statute that criminalized adult consensual anal and oral sex. In 2013, law enforcement officers in East Baton Rouge Parish arrested men who agreed to engage in sexual activity banned by the statute. The District Attorney did not prosecute those arrested, and both he and the parish sheriff supported repealing the sodomy statute. In April 2014, a bill to repeal the statute failed in the Louisiana House of Representatives on a 66–27 vote after lobbying in opposition by the Louisiana Family Forum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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