The battle to overturn Ohio’s ban on marriage equality is heating up. Cantonrep.com reports:
The Rev. Kent Spann from the Cincinnati-based Citizens for Community Values spoke to a gathering of clergy last week at Canton Foursquare Church, urging them to “hold the moral ground” and organize themselves to counter an effort to repeal Ohio’s 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage.
That effort is being led by Ian James, for whom marriage equality is about equal rights. The Columbus man is a co-founder of FreedomToMarryOhio, a coalition working to get the issue on the ballot in 2014. “We’ve redoubled our efforts because the Supreme Court has indicated this is a state’s right,” he said. “In order for Ohio married couples to have federal rights of marriage, the state must recognize your marriage.” James and his spouse, Steven, married in Toronto, Canada, in 2003. They celebrated their 10th anniversary Thursday.
Maybe Ohio will be next to move to full marriage equality? What do you think?
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