(WASHINGTON POST) A federal judge said Friday he would issue a ruling requiring Ohio to recognize all same-sex marriages performed in other states.
U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black’s decision in the Henry v. Wymyslo case comes about nine months after he ruled that Ohio must recognize a gay couple’s marriage in Maryland, where same-sex marriage is legal, on the death certificate of one of the partners.
Lawyers for a number of same-sex couples expanded their original request to cover all marriages performed in states that allow same-sex unions. On Friday, Black said from the bench that his forthcoming order would rule unconstitutional Ohio’s ban on recognizing legal same-sex marriages from other states.
