Bobby Jindal sued over order to protect same-sex marriage opponents

Washington, July 1: A gay rights advocacy group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are suing Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal for issuing an executive order aimed at protecting opponents of same-***** marriage. Jindal signed the religious freedom executive order in May hours after the Louisiana Legislature refused to pass a bill that would have implemented similar protections for those opposing same-***** marriage, according to NOLA.com. The ACLU and other plaintiffs allege that Jindal has overstepped his executive authority by trying to provide a right to same-***** marriage opponents that only the Legislature can give. "The governor's job isn't to create law," Sean Sullivan, with Forum for Equality Foundation, the LGBT rights organization involved with the lawsuit, was quoted as saying. "There is a big separation of powers issue here." "The ACLU used to defend civil liberties, now it appears they attack them," said Jindal in a written statement suggesting the lawsuit is politically motivated. "The Left likes to pick and choose which liberties they support at any given time, and it seems to me that religious liberty has fallen out of favour with them," The plaintiffs are accusing Jindal of permitting discrimination through the executive order.