In 2004, Forum for Equality filed a lawsuit,
Forum for Equality v. New Orleans, to overturn
Amendment 1, a state level ballot initiative which amended Louisiana's constitution to define marriage as being exclusively heterosexual. The organization had pledged to file the suit should the initiative pass. After lower state courts ruled against the amendment, the
Louisiana Supreme Court ultimately rejected the suit, claiming the voters in Louisiana had expressed their polls through the ballot box, and suggested that gay and lesbian couples should seek co-ownership of property, ignoring the other legal rights denied to gay and lesbian couples. Forum For Equality filed a lawsuit on behalf of four couples on February 12, 2014, seeking recognition of same-sex marriages established in other jurisdictions. On March 18, Judge Feldman consolidated the cases with another case filed in January 2014 challenging the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage,
Robicheaux v. George under the name
Robicheaux v. Caldwell. Oral arguments on motions for
summary judgment were held on June 25, 2014. On September 3, Judge Feldman ruled for the defendants and upheld the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. All parties asked the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to set an expedited briefing schedule to allow an appeal to be heard alongside
De Leon v. Perry, a
Texas case. The Fifth Circuit granted that request on September 25. The Fifth Circuit has scheduled oral argument in this case and in
De Leon v. Perry for January 9, 2015. On November 20, the plaintiffs filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari before judgment, that is, to hear the case, now
Robicheaux v. George, without waiting for a decision from the Fifth Circuit. The state supported that request on December 2. ==Political work==