Federal Judge Orders Ohio to Recognize Gay Couple's Marriage
Source: The Advocate
A federal judge ordered Ohio state officials Monday to recognize a gay couple's marriage performed in Maryland last week, clearing the way for the men to be listed as married on the terminally ill husband's death certificate, according to Chris Geidner at BuzzFeed.
"The end result here and now is that the local Ohio Registrar of death certificates is hereby ORDERED not to accept for recording a death certificate for John Arthur that does not record Mr. Arthurs status at death as 'married' and James Obergefell as his surviving spouse,'" wrote U.S. District Magistrate Timothy Black Monday, according to the ruling published at BuzzFeed.
Arthur and Obergefell have been together for more than 20 years, and on July 11, the Cincinnati-based couple took a specially equipped medical jet to marry on the tarmac of Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Ohio still bans same-sex marriage, but the couple couldn't wait for the law to change, because Arthur suffers from advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal neurological disease. Arthur was diagnosed with ALS 26 months ago, and is "certain to die soon," according to the judge's ruling declaring the couple legally wed.
The couple filed suit against Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his official capacity Friday, also naming Ohio attorney general Mike Dewine and the Cincinnati doctor responsible for approving death certificates as defendants, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The judge's ruling will allow the couple to be buried alongside one another on Arthur's family plot, since Arthur's grandfather legally stipulated that only immediate family and their spouses can be buried on the family plot at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Read more: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/07/22/federal-judge-orders-ohio-recognize-gay-couples-marriage
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)Let wailing and gnashing of teeth by the teabaggers begin!
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)William769
(55,783 posts)Lugnut
(9,791 posts)I'll be thrilled to see the Republican PA legislature forced into joining the 21st century on equal rights for ALL.
irisblue
(33,938 posts)you lousy ohio bastards.....
we can do it
(12,728 posts)indepat
(20,899 posts)and a pox on your statehouse.
Orrex
(63,845 posts)Zing!
indepat
(20,899 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)And if you don't like that, try a baseball bat!
Suck it, Little Johnnie!
Ruby the Liberal
(26,260 posts)yardwork
(63,674 posts)William769
(55,783 posts)We are watching history in the making.
yardwork
(63,674 posts)William769
(55,783 posts)Is there not already suits filed in N.C? I could be wrong but lately it's been hard to keep up with all of them.
yardwork
(63,674 posts)Complete Tea Bag takeover of the state. It's hard to prioritize. Everything is wrong here.
William769
(55,783 posts)Particularly the Western part, especially the Nantahala Valley. I love to go white water rafting there.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Just a few short years ago I had really high hopes it was going to become a progressive oasis in the Great Red Southern Desert. But it seems all my hopes were dashed and how!
yardwork
(63,674 posts)The Democratic Party - both state and national - has a lot to answer for. They dropped the ball.
There was corruption. The Koch Brothers saw an opening and took it.
We need help, and so far none is forthcoming. The DNC is ignoring the crisis as far as I can tell. The state party is in disarray. Our only strong leader is the head of the NC NAACP. I look to the Reverend William Barber to help lead us forward. He could use a little help. Where is the DNC?
knowledgeispwr
(1,489 posts)They want to amend an existing lawsuit that challenges the state's ban on second parent adoptions:
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/07/aclu-says-it-will-challenge-n-c-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/
William769
(55,783 posts)yardwork
(63,674 posts)We had lots if legal gay adoptions in NC but the Tea Baggers shut that down.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)mitchtv
(17,718 posts)more are coming soon
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)pnwmom
(109,425 posts)And will it also apply to the other states in this Federal jurisdiction?
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Orrex
(63,845 posts)Ordering people to be treated like human beings?!? Where will it end?
LostOne4Ever
(9,578 posts)Hopefully this is the first of many cases that will end with marriage equality being nationwide!