LUCAS COUNTY FIRST BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
TO ENDORSE OHIO'S FREEDOM TO MARRY AMENDMENT
TOLEDO – The Lucas County Board of Commissioners has become the first of Ohio’s 88 county boards to endorse the Ohio Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment.
The amendment will promote family stability by allowing loving couples to be legally married. As the Board’s endorsement resolution stated, “Marriage is a public statement of commitment and love between two people and is made to allow the two to best care for and protect themselves and their families.”
The Board also recognized the importance of religious freedom in the amendment’s text, saying, “The Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment respects religious institutions of all types and retains the freedom of religious institutions to determine whom to marry and which marriages to perform in their own congregations and buildings.”
A recent poll by FreedomOhio showed 54% of Ohioans support the Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment.
Ian James, FreedomOhio co-founder, thanked the Board for the endorsement. “This endorsement represents a new step forward for our amendment, both because of its powerfully supportive language and because Lucas County is the first Board of Commissioners to endorse the amendment. A majority of Ohioans support this amendment, so we are confident that other County Boards across the state will join Lucas County by endorsing us soon. We believe that as more and more people consider this civil rights issue that we will attract increasing support to end marriage discrimination in Ohio,” James said.
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