Drag Ban Won't Go on Ohio City's Ballot, State Supreme Court Rules
Secretary of State Frank LaRose didn't follow the law in deciding to put the issue before voters, according to the court.
October 13, 2023
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Will SCOTUS Take Up Ohio Marriage Cases?
Two cases involving marriage equality in Ohio are being proposed for the Supreme Court's schedule.
November 14, 2014
Ohio Supreme Court Reviews Trans Woman's Request to Adjust Birth Certificate
It’s already legal to do, but a procedural grey-area makes it so each county’s probate court can decide differently unless the justices make a decision.
April 6, 2023
SCOTUS Moves Closer to Taking Marriage Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up four marriage cases that saw bans on same-sex marriage upheld in Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.
December 23, 2014
Ohio Judges Can't Refuse to Wed Same-Sex Couples
A judge who cited his 'personal and Christian beliefs' in refusing to marry gay couples is told by Ohio's Supreme Court Board of Professional Conduct he doesn't get a choice.
August 11, 2015
Ohio court: Marriage ban does not preclude unmarried couples from domestic violence protections
Ohio's domestic violence laws do not conflict with the state's ban on same-sex marriage, the Ohio supreme court ruled in Columbus Wednesday. In a 6-1 decision, justices rejected the argument that the domestic violence law was unenforceable in cases involving unmarried couples because it refers to them as living together ''as a spouse.''
July 26, 2007
SCOTUS Now Has 5 Chances to Rule on Marriage Bans
Attorneys for the same-sex couples hoping to overturn Louisiana's ban on marriage equality have petitioned the Supreme Court to hear their case, even before a lower court rules.
November 21, 2014
Republican AG: Let Pro-Marriage Vote Go Forward
Mike DeWine urges dismissal of suit seeking to block a pro-marriage equality ballot measure.
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May 1, 2012
'Christian' Judge in Ohio to Keep Refusing Same-Sex Marriages
Toledo Municipal Court Judge C. Allen McConnell refused to marry a lesbian couple Monday because of his religious convictions -- and will continue to do so unless the state Supreme Court intervenes.
July 8, 2015
Texas AG: Clerks Don't Have to Issue Marriage Licenses
Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision 'lawless,' says county clerks and their staffs can opt out of licensing same-sex marriages.
June 29, 2015
Michigan DP benefits ruling causes alarm
A Michigan appeals court ruling that bans public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance to partners of gay employees has alarmed gay rights advocates nationwide.
February 8, 2007
Kasich to GOP: Discrimination Is Bad Business
Will Republicans listen to the Ohio governor on social issues?
February 25, 2016
4 Arguments That Could Make Supreme Court Take Michigan's Marriage Case
A federal judge has ruled that Michigan cannot revoke marriage from gay and lesbian couples who received marriage licenses during a 24-hour period last May when the state performed them.
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January 16, 2015
John Kasich on Anti-LGBT Discrimination: 'Get Over It'
Kasich says there has to be a balance between religious freedom and LGBT people's rights — leading some critics to say he's trying to have it both ways.
April 17, 2016
Chronicling the LGBT Familes Who Used the Court System for Change
Author Carlos A. Ball chronicles the stories of LGBT parents who have fundamentally changed how American law defines and regulates parenthood in this excerpt from The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood.
September 27, 2012
Supreme Court Will Hear Marriage Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear four marriage equality cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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January 16, 2015
Scalia's Marriage Equality Protege
Ohio Judge Jeffrey Sutton's solitary stance on marriage equality offers insight into how conservatives will make their case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 24, 2015