EDGE New England

A Louisiana man has been arrested after allegedly verbally and physically assaulting a group of young men in a movie theater because of their sexual orientation.

A Louisiana state Senate committee passed a law this week that could allow charter schools to refuse admittance to students based on their sexual orientation.

One of the top ten most-visited cities in the US, New Orleans was recently ranked second in the nation for gay friendliness. As our guide, Miss Jeanie, told us upon our return to the Crescent City, "You love New Orleans - and she’ll love you right back."

Just a year after the BP oil spill crippled Louisiana’s oyster industry, the fishermen face a new problem. Freshwater is set to be diverted from the mighty Mississippi River into the salty waters where the shellfish grow, potentially killing them.

In Louisiana, a court will decide whether only one man can to be listed on adoption papers, while the man who successfully challenged the state’s gay adoption ban officially became a legal parent.

Lousiana lawmakers struck down a measure that would have offered gay and lesbian prospective parents greater family parity by allowing them to adopt.

A gay rights group proposed Thursday to the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family that the state should allow gay couples to adopt children together, an idea that received a frosty reception from commission members.