Ohio ban on recognizing out-of-state gay marriages to fall

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

In the end, those on the right side of history always prevail.

Ohio ban on recognizing out-of-state gay marriages to fall

(CNN) - A federal judge signaled Friday that he'll declare unconstitutional Ohio's current refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states - the latest instance in which courts have challenged restrictions on the rights of legally-married gays and lesbians.

A hearing was held Friday where lawyers for several same-sex couples asked the judge to dismiss on equal protection grounds all aspects of the state's voter-approved ban on recognizing gay and lesbian couples who were legally wed elsewhere. The judge– a 2010 appointee of President Barack Obama– announced from the bench he would officially do so in coming days.

"I intend to issue a written decision and order by April 14 striking down as unconstitutional under all circumstances Ohio's ban on recognizing legal same-sex marriages from other states," said Judge Timothy Black, according the Cincinnati-based court.

The decision for now does not apply to homosexual couples who seek to marry in Ohio.

State officials had argued it was the right of the state and its citizens to define marriage. There was no immediate reaction on the latest developments from Mike DeWine, the state's attorney general, but an appeal is expected.

Marriage equality advocates cheered the judge's action.

"Today's decision will make a real difference to legally married gay Ohio couples, affirming that their home state may not deny them and their families legal protections and the basic dignity of treating them as what they are: married," said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry.

"This common-sense and constitutional ruling adds to the momentum across the country in favor of the freedom to marry."

Ohio's current ban was passed by voters a decade ago.

In February of 2004, President George W. Bush announced support for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

In the election that November, voters in Ohio and ten other states passed constitutional amendments defining marriage as being between a man and a woman only.

Sixty-two percent of Ohioans voted in favor of the constitutional amendment. The push to put the issue on the ballot in the Buckeye State was seen as a move by the Republican Party to drive conservative voters to the polls to help re-elect Bush. Then-Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic presidential challenger in 2004, conceded to Bush the day after Election Day after the president narrowly captured Ohio.

According to a Quinnipiac University survey conducted in February, 50% of Ohio voters backed legalizing same-sex marriage, with 44% opposed to making same-sex marriage legal.

[sharky-rex 76]

Now if we could get married in Ohio, that would be great.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Now if we could get married in Ohio, that would be great.

Probably too late for the two of you but it'll be possible all over the country before long. The bible thumpers and other forces of yesterday will not halt progress forever. They never have and never will.

[Danno 1,228]

In the end, those on the right side of history always prevail.

When you say "right side of history" what does that mean.... the inevitable?

And what kind of time line does that consider?

History is full of inevitables.

at one time agreeing with the National Socialist party... was being on the right side of history, until it fell.

Sometimes inevitable movements of history are so dark and diabolical that few today would have admitted they were "On the right side of that history"... one thinks of the French revolution and most other ones. The Hundreds of millions purged by the enlightened era of Communism.

When the Communist took over country after countryt.... what was the "right side of history" then?

How could the American Indian been on the Right side of history when the Europeans arrived... or in earlier times when other Indian nations arrived at their territory? (and showed much less mercy)

During the butchery of Rwanda.... which side was

"On the right side of history?"

These bumper sticker slogans only work or make sense for those who lack critical thinking skills.

History is what it is, the tide comes in and it goes out.

When the tide goes back out.. will you also run to be on the "right side of history?"

The reason you can't name any great societies you would want to emulate ....which held homosexual relations as equal to natural ones is.... they don't last very long at all or climb very high. Even the greeks never considered gay sex with boys as an equal to family relations with a wife.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

Did you just... actually compare two people who love each other being allowed to start a family to the rise of the Nazis, genocide and the rise of communism? *stares* Tell me my reading comprehension is lower than I think.

[Danno 1,228]

Did you just... actually compare two people who love each other being allowed to start a family to the rise of the Nazis, genocide and the rise of communism? *stares* Tell me my reading comprehension is lower than I think.

This is about being on the wrong or right side of history.

Q: Do you want to be on the right side of history?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Is trolling all you got left, Danno?

[Danno 1,228]

Is trolling all you got left, Danno?

CAlling people trolls and posting smiley faces does not do a thing to deflect your inability to respond.

Try again.

Q: Should people always seek to be on the RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

CAlling people trolls and posting smiley faces does not do a thing to deflect your inability to respond.

Try again.

Q: Should people always seek to be on the RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY?

Danno, what you posted has absolutely NOTHING to do with the topic at hand. It is thus nothing but trolling. Create your own thread if you want to talk about the Nazis or any other of your favorite topics. This thread isn't about the Nazis and it's not about you. Go troll elsewhere.

Edited April 6, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[Danno 1,228]

Danno, what you posted has absolutely NOTHING to do with the topic at hand. It is thus nothing but trolling. Create your own thread if you want to talk about the Nazis or any other of your favorite topics. This thread isn't about the Nazis and it's not about you. Go troll elsewhere.

Now, now now, the subject is about being on the right side of history... and how people can apply that to their lives.

Of course in the confusion I gave some of the endless examples of when it might not be a good idea to be on the RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY... so I ask you to clarify what that even means.

Do you suppose that at no point going forward Gays will not be ostracized again..... would one then have to agree with that to "be on the right side of history?"

Thank you for your attention.

[sharky-rex 76]

Hey, be nice to Danno. He just read something using this argument to suit his views and he wants to share it with us. On all the topics. Until everyone sees it.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Hey, be nice to Danno. He just read something using this argument to suit his views and he wants to share it with us. On all the topics. Until everyone sees it.

Hey, I am glad you get this place!

Did you just... actually compare two people who love each other being allowed to start a family to the rise of the Nazis, genocide and the rise of communism? *stares* Tell me my reading comprehension is lower than I think.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

This is about being on the wrong or right side of history.

Q: Do you want to be on the right side of history?

In this case, I want to be on the right side of history, seeing as how what the OP called the right side of history is a movement that is giving rights to ordinary people. I fail to see how this could in any way relate back to the people who see themselves on the right side of history who are committing violent acts. There's no violence in allowing same sex unions equal rights. It's sort of the exact opposite of the Nazis. Why? Because same sex couples are doing no one any harm.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

[Pooky 3,844]

In the end, those on the right side of history always prevail.

That's basically a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the side that wins is usually the one that writes the history.