(Louisiana) A Louisiana couple has filed a lawsuit after being turned away by officials at the Orleans Parish marriage license office on April 2 because they were both men. The couple is saying the New Orleans’ constitutional amendment against gay marriage violates their constitutional rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Kristoffer Bonilla and John Thomas want a federal judge to rule that they have a right to marry under the U.S. Constitution and international law, despite a 2004 amendment defining marriage in the state as between “one man and one woman.” That amendment was overwhelmingly approved by voters.

“We just want a marriage license,” said Bonilla, a law school graduate who is not yet a practicing lawyer. “The people at the office were extremely nice. The cab driver who took us asked to be invited to the wedding.”

Bonilla drafted the lawsuit prior to requesting a marriage license with Thomas in anticipation that they would be rejected.

Read the full New Orleans Times-Picayune article here.