New Orleans same-sex couple sues for marriage license

Times-Picayune: “Two New Orleans men want a federal judge to rule that they have a fundamental right to a marriage license under the U.S. Constitution and international law despite Louisiana’s prohibition of same-sex marriages. Kristoffer Bonilla and John Thomas Wray argue in a lawsuit that the state has ‘permanently deprived them of the ability to sanctify their committed relationship and to exercise all of the rights and benefits attendant to marriage.’”

Text of the complaint is here: Bonilla v. Hurst, No. 09-3445.