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Related: About this forumOhio must recognize marriage of same-sex couple, federal court rules
Source: Reuters
Ohio must recognize marriage of same-sex couple, federal court rules
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND | Tue Sep 3, 2013 8:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - For the second time in two months, a Cincinnati federal judge granted an order allowing the out-of-state marriage of a gay couple to be recognized in Ohio even though the state bans same-sex marriages.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Black on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order allowing David Michener of Cincinnati to be listed as "spouse" on the death certificate of his husband, William Herbert Ives, who died last week. The couple was married in Delaware this past summer.
In July, Judge Black had granted a temporary order allowing James Obergefell the right to be listed as "spouse" on John Arthur's death certificate after Obergefell and Arthur were married in Maryland.
Arthur suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal disease and is not expected to live long, according to court documents. Obergefell had sued the state, challenging as unconstitutional a law defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman.
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By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND | Tue Sep 3, 2013 8:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - For the second time in two months, a Cincinnati federal judge granted an order allowing the out-of-state marriage of a gay couple to be recognized in Ohio even though the state bans same-sex marriages.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Black on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order allowing David Michener of Cincinnati to be listed as "spouse" on the death certificate of his husband, William Herbert Ives, who died last week. The couple was married in Delaware this past summer.
In July, Judge Black had granted a temporary order allowing James Obergefell the right to be listed as "spouse" on John Arthur's death certificate after Obergefell and Arthur were married in Maryland.
Arthur suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal disease and is not expected to live long, according to court documents. Obergefell had sued the state, challenging as unconstitutional a law defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-usa-ohio-gayrights-idUSBRE98301Q20130904
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Ohio must recognize marriage of same-sex couple, federal court rules (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2013
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)1. Very cool. THanks for posting. nm
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)2. A nightmare situation too many GLBT couples in America must face.
Which is why my partner and I retained the services of a lawyer today. You can't just hope that justice will be served for GLBT citizens because we know there are many places in this country where hate trumps "justice".
riqster
(13,986 posts)3. Nice work by the judge. nt