A federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, claiming that gay couples do not have a fundamental right to marry.

Despite the wave of recent court decisions in favor of same-sex marriage, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman went against the grain by upholding the state's ban on gay marriage.

According to Judge Feldman, gay marriage supporters failed to prove that the ban is a constitutional violation against equal protection or due process. "He also rejected an argument that the ban violated the First Amendment by effectively forcing legally married gay couples to state that they are single on Louisiana income tax returns," reports USA Today.

"The Court is persuaded that a meaning of what is marriage that has endured in history for thousands of years, and prevails in a majority of states today, is not universally irrational on the constitutional grid," said Feldman, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, according to Huffington Post.

"Any right to same-sex marriage is not yet so entrenched as to be fundamental" and that gay marriage was "inconceivable until very recently," he wrote.

The court "hesitates with the notion that this state's choice could only be inspired by hate and intolerance," the judge wrote, adding that Louisiana "has a legitimate interest ... whether obsolete in the opinion of some, or not, in the opinion of others ... in linking children to an intact family formed by their two biological parents."

Feldman also suggested that the legalization of same-sex marriage would lead to laws protecting incest.

"For example, must the states permit or recognize a marriage between an aunt and niece? Aunt and nephew? Brother/brother? Father and child? May minors marry? Must marriage be limited to only two people? What about a transgender spouse? Is such a union same-gender or male-female? All such unions would undeniably be equally committed to love and caring for one another, just like the plaintiffs," he wrote.

Forum for Equality Louisiana spokesman John Hill said that the plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision.