While there has been plenty of speculation that the U.S. Supreme Court will have to address the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry, sometime in the next few years, it seems likely that another important gay rights case may get to the court sooner.

Today Lambda Legal filed a petition seeking Supreme Court review of an April ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, in which that court rejected a claim that Louisiana violated the Full Faith and Credit Clause (FFCC) and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution by refusing to issue a birth certificate on behalf of a Louisiana-born boy who was adopted in New York by a gay male couple. The case is Adar v. Smith, 639 F.3d 146.