re: U.S. District Judge says Toddy can't get married in Louisiana

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But if he had went the other way...

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It's "if he had gone..." not "if he had went..." you fricking libtard!

Learn to use proper English and at least you won't appear to be stupid.

Louisiana isn't winning any recognition awards

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New Jersey is a highly regulated state all-around, scoring near the bottom of the pack in both personal and economic freedom, but after significant deterioration in 2007—8 the state bounced back somewhat in 2009—10.

Taxes are very high in New Jersey, at 11.2 per- cent of income, but government consumption plus subsidies is below average at 10.4 percent of income. Debt is also high, at 22.1 percent of income.

On economic regulation, New Jersey’s most significant flaw is real property rights. Indeed, New Jersey’s abysmal score on real property rights protection contributes twice as much to its negative overall freedom score as its entire personal freedom score. Local zoning laws are extremely strict, rent control is authorized, eminent domain has scarcely been reformed, and private malls and homeowners’ associations must allow political speech on their property. Labor laws are predictably costly, with a strict workers’ compensation mandate, short-term disability and paid family leave programs, a “smoker protection” law in employment, and of course no right-to-work law. Occupational licensing is ranked worse than average, and there is extensive community rating for private health insurance. The state also scores poorly on the regulation of other insurance, although rate classification prohibitions were apparently removed during 2009—10.

New Jersey’s gun control laws are among the most restrictive in the country, not surprisingly given the state’s ideology. Its marijuana laws are not as liberal as one might expect from a left-leaning state, although a fairly restrictive medical marijuana law was enacted in 2010. New Jersey is ranked as the very worst state for travel freedom, with primary seat belt enforcement, motorcycle and bicycle helmet laws, a cell phone driving ban with primary enforcement, a federally compliant open container law, sobriety checkpoints, and mandatory underinsured motorist coverage for drivers. Fireworks and raw milk are prohibited. Cigarette taxes are high, and smoking bans are as draconian as any in the country. On the positive side, home and private schools are hardly regulated at all. Same-sex partnerships are also recognized. Alcohol is not very regulated, although there is a “happy hour” ban. The state’s crime adjusted incarceration rate is fairly low.

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Net Migration Rate: -5.6%

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What couldn't happen was white men couldn't marry black women (and vice versa) and black men couldn't marry white women (and vice versa). What was important there was that the same right was being altered based on race (a protected class) - not "same gendered" status (a redefinition of marriage).

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You are half right. Let me correct you.

All races could marry within their race but not into another race. Any law re race discrimination is subject to strict scrutiny and the Va law didn't pass the test.

Now any member of one sex can marry someone of the opposite sex but not someone of the same sex. That's sex based discrimination and is subject to intermediate scrutiny. That's a lower level than strict but higher than the rational basis test.

Some decisions have found discrimination based on sexual orientation which is the lowest level, rational basis, and these laws do not pass even this lowest level, citing the Lawrence and a Romer cases.

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Only in Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, and a litany of other states including your own New Jersey, California, etc. where attempts to legislate toward traditional marriage were attempted (just as in Louisiana's case) but failed.

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No. There was never an attempt to pass a law allowing same sex marriage in Louisiana. Our legislature, in reaction to the Rovian "they're coming to get ya" reptilian brain scare of rednecks to get them to the polls, put the con amendment on the ballot to bar same sex marriages, which were already statutorily illegal in this state.

This happened across the country. Scare tactics to get conservatives to the polls. Now it's biting them in their asses. (Insert joke here)

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Some decisions have found discrimination based on sexual orientation which is the lowest level, rational basis, and these laws do not pass even this lowest level, citing the Lawrence and a Romer cases.

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Please cite one case where the Court ruled a ban on same sex marriage was unconstitutional when the Court used the lowest level of scrutiny, rational basis,

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You should worry about the sad sad legacy you are leaving for your children and grandchildren

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Gays can't procreate so no worry there.

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The point I was making, which I thought was obvious, was since homosexual sex can't result in offspring then the sad sad legacy Toddy is leaving his children and grandchildren is that they will never exist.

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The point I was making, which I thought was obvious, was since homosexual sex can't result in offspring then the sad sad legacy Toddy is leaving his children and grandchildren is that they will never exist.

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We gays are quite capable of producing children. All it takes is a good magazine, a turkey baster and a willing host. I'm friends with three gay couples who have had children this way.

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Please cite one case where the Court ruled a ban on same sex marriage was unconstitutional when the Court used the lowest level of scrutiny, rational basis,

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Perry, the Prop 8 case. The court found the CA law fails all three levels. IOW, even if you do not believe the two higher levels of scrutiny do no apply or that the law passes those tests, it fails on the lowest level, the rational basis test:

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Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis insingling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license.

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All races could marry within their race but not into another race. Any law re race discrimination is subject to strict scrutiny and the Va law didn't pass the test.

Now any member of one sex can marry someone of the opposite sex but not someone of the same sex.

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Vegas, come on!
Comparing those two?
You had to know you were going to get called on that.