--- title: Louisiana Same-Sex Marriage License Issued description: A parish in Louisiana, the last state holding out against same-sex marriage after a historic Supreme Court decision, has now issued a license. canonical: https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/ author: Jacob Koffler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-29T20:45:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:14.648Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Last Holdout Has Now Issued a Same-Sex Marriage License og:description: Same-sex marriage licenses have now been issued in all 50 states. og:url: https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb09240d77e1a8f64/698858fa5f570fbe6ab1c403/37872937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: gay marriage Louisiana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Last Holdout Has Now Issued a Same-Sex Marriage License twitter:description: Same-sex marriage licenses have now been issued in all 50 states. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb09240d77e1a8f64/698858fa5f570fbe6ab1c403/37872937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Last Holdout Has Now Issued Gay Marriage Licenses > Sponsored content. 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Kathleen Flynn — The Times-Picayune /Landov by [Jacob Koffler](https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Jun 29, 2015 8:45 PM UTC The last state holding out on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after Friday’s [historic Supreme Court ruling](http://time.com/3937244/supreme-court-gay-marriage-decision/) has [relented](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/louisiana-issues-marriage-licenses-sex-couples-32103073). Louisiana officials issued a marriage license to two men, Michael Robinson, 41, and Earl Benjamin, 39, in New Orleans, who are believed to be the first same-sex couple married in Louisiana, _ABC News_ reported. The two have been together for 14 years. The state’s attorney general, Buddy Caldwell, [released a statement](http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/gay%5Fmarriage%5Flouisiana%5Fattorne.html) on Friday expressing disappointment in the ruling and stating that he “found nothing in today’s decision that makes the Court’s order effective immediately.” Echoing Caldwell’s sentiments, the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association advised parish and city clerks to wait 25 days, the period of time for states to file an appeal of the decision, before issuing licenses. Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court John Geggenheimer disagreed. Geggenheimer told [_ABC News_](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/louisiana-issues-marriage-licenses-sex-couples-32103073)that the office’s attorney, after carefully examining the ruling, found that there was no reason for delay. Benjamin and Robinson then received the license in Jefferson Parish and were married in New Orleans—which is in neighboring Orleans Parish—in front of 40 friends and co-workers during lunchtime. Although licenses were issued in Texas on Friday, the state’s attorney general Ken Paxton released a [statement](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/26/politicians-weigh-in-on-same-sex-marriage-decision/29334701/) Sunday saying that county clerks and judges can refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses if it opposes their religious beliefs. However, Paxton acknowledged that “any clerk who wishes to defend their religious objections and who chooses not to issue licenses may well face litigation and/or a fine.” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, [said Sunday](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/louisiana-will-comply-same-sex-marriage-bobby-jindal-119512.html) that the state would comply with the decision, which [he has argued](http://time.com/3937636/supreme-court-gay-marriage-presidential-candidates/) will erode religious liberty. Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriages in 2004\. Only [42%](http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/support%5Ffor%5Fgay%5Fmarriage%5Fin%5Flo.html) of Louisiana residents support same-sex marriage, according to a 2015 poll by [Louisiana State University](http://media.nola.com/politics/other/LA%20Survey%20Report%202015%20-%20Fifth%20Report%20-%20SocialIssues.pdf), lagging far behind the national average of [57%](http://www.pewforum.org/2015/06/08/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/). _\[_[_ABC News_](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/louisiana-issues-marriage-licenses-sex-couples-32103073)_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/"},"headline":"The Last Holdout Has Now Issued Gay Marriage Licenses","datePublished":"2015-06-29T20:45:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:14.648Z","description":"Louisiana, in which only 42% of residents approve of same-sex marriage, was the last to do so","url":"https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/","keywords":["Supreme Court","Gay Marriage","2016 Election","same sex marriage","Louisiana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb09240d77e1a8f64/698858fa5f570fbe6ab1c403/37872937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Koffler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb09240d77e1a8f64/698858fa5f570fbe6ab1c403/37872937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gay marriage Louisiana","caption":"gay marriage Louisiana","creditText":"Kathleen Flynn — The Times-Picayune /Landov","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3940330/gay-marriage-louisiana/","name":"The Last Holdout Has Now Issued Gay Marriage Licenses"}}]}] ```