Louisiana Governor Jindal Issues Religious-Freedom Order

Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, speaks during the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal issued an order that protects people who believe that gays shouldn’t marry, plunging the state into the debate weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether banning same-sex weddings is constitutional.

The order prohibits the state from denying or revoking tax exemptions, contracts, licenses or employment as long as a person’s actions were motivated by that belief, according to a statement released by Jindal spokeswoman Alexis Nicaud.