Ohio
In 2004, as discriminatory constitutional amendments were pushed in numerous states throughout the nation, Ohio citizens voted for an anti-relationship recognition constitutional amendment which passed and wrote discrimination into Ohio's constitution. State advocacy groups are working to both repeal such discrimination and end the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.
Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Equality Ohio: a statewide organization which envisions an Ohio where everyone feels at home; living in families and communities where equality, diversity and inclusiveness are universally valued; and where government protects all people and responds to their needs, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression
Blog Posts Related to Ohio
Affairs of the Heart in the Heartland: Evan Wolfson to Speak in Midwest about Marriage
Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson will be speaking next week at both the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.
Close Ohio gay-rights vote mirrors national debate
Surveys repeatedly find that young adults, far more so than their elders, support the rights of gays to marry and serve openly in the military.
A Gallup poll earlier this year showed, for the first time, a majority of Americans saying same-sex relations were morally acceptable.
Record number of LGBT candidates elected to office
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced that more openly LGBT candidates won election to public office in the U.S. in 2010 than in any year in America’s history.
Resources Related to Ohio
Pew Poll Finds Growing Support for Freedom to Marry Among Evangelicals, Majority Support Among Youth
A comprehensive Pew poll found majority support for the freedom to marry among young people, college graduates and Catholics, with growing support among all other religious categories.
Ohio Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Ohio.
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey
Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".