On Monday, Judge Timothy Black, a member of the United States District Court for Southern Ohio called Ohio's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and unenforceable and ruled that the state must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. His ruling addresses only those marriages and does not effect Ohio's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage.
He criticized the state's stand as an example of "ongoing arbitrary discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation."
Ohio will appeal his decision and Judge Black issued a stay while attorneys for both sides prepare for further arguments.
One step closer...one step closer...one step...one...step...closer.
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