Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring. In joining the opinion of the Court, I wish to add a few words, prompted, I may say, by the dissenting opinion, which in my view evinces extravagant notions of what constitutes a denial of “equal protection” in the constitutional sense. It is surely entirely reasonable for Louisiana to provide that a man who has entered into a marital relationship thereby un…
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