Ohio AG tells appeals court gay marriage decision should be left to voters
CINCINNATI — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office urged a federal appeals court to reject arguments that the state should have to recognize same-sex marriage, saying the decision should be left to voters.
The arguments, filed Tuesday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, are a preview of what’s to come on Aug. 6, when a three-judge panel of the court will hear oral arguments in five gay marriage cases from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Attorneys for the same-sex couples argue that their clients have a constitutional right to marry, and courts have a duty to affirm that right – even in the face of the majority of voters.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has vowed to uphold the state’s gay marriage ban, passed overwhelmingly by voters in 2004.
In Tuesday’s filing, DeWine argues that the same-sex couples who sued to force Ohio to
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/07/ohio-ag-tells-appeals-court-gay-marriage-decision-should-be-left-to-voters/
All those arguments have been heard before and all those arguments lost.
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