5th Circuit Offers Cool Reception to Same-Sex Marriage Bans

Same-sex marriage bans in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi got a cool reception during oral arguments before the 5th Circuit yesterday, Bloomberg's Daniel Lawton and Andrew Harris reports. A Louisiana judge upheld that state's ban, while Texas and Mississippi judges rejected bans on same-sex marriage in their states. Having listened to a recording of the arguments involving Louisiana so far, the judges indeed were very skeptical of the government's arguments in favor of keeping that state's ban intact.