Ohio Gay Marriage Supporters Hope To Repeal Ban [View all]

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Supporters of gay marriage in Ohio have begun a campaign to repeal the state's 2004 constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union.

The group Freedom to Marry Ohio on Thursday submitted nearly 1,800 signatures to the Ohio Attorney General's office, the first step in putting the issue back on the ballot in either 2012 or 2013.

Ian James, who headed the group which led the unsuccessful 2004 campaign to defeat the ban, is leading the effort.

“We had to leave the country we love to be married,” James told Columbus CBS affiliate WBNS. “My husband and I were married in 2003 in Canada. But this isn't about us. This is about Ohio.”

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