This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of five pending same-gender marriage cases. In effect, the Court allowed marriage equality to proceed in these states, while refusing to address the constitutionality of marriage bans in other states.
In response, FreedomOhio Executive Director and co-founder Ian James said the following:
“The Supreme Court’s actions today mean that all Americans in 30 states now have the right to marry. But for those of us living in states with marriage bans, the Court’s actions do nothing to protect our right to marry, and open the door for these discriminatory bans to be upheld.”
James renewed the call for a ballot initiative and for Ohioans to work together for marriage equality.
“FreedomOhio continues to follow its all-the-above strategy to repeal Ohio’s marriage ban. We have time to continue building an even stronger majority of support amongst Ohio voters for the freedom to marry.”
FreedomOhio is the state’s largest LGBT equality organization with over 62,000 members. The group is working to bring their clear, concise and constitutionally sound 46-word amendment to Ohio voters in 2014. The amendment will allow same-gender couples to go to a courthouse and receive a marriage license, while also protecting and respecting the rights of houses of worship to choose whether or not to perform and/or recognize those marriages. Polling from Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed 56% of Ohio voters support FreedomOhio’s amendment.
