It was approved in a 267 to 157 vote, with backing from all Democrats and 47 Republicans including Ohio’s Dave Joyce of South Russell; Anthony Gonzalez of Rocky River; Mike Turner of Dayton and Mike Carey of Columbus.
to a presidential “State of the Union” speech to a county clerk from Kentucky who went to jail for refusing to provide marriage licenses to gay people. Before the Obergefell decision was issued, Jordan, Rep. Bob Gibbs of Holmes County and Rep. Bob Latta of Bowling Green supported a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as “only the union of a man or a woman.”
Jordan described Tuesday’s legislation as part of an effort by Democrats to “delegitimize and attempt to intimidate the court” and said Democrats were focusing on that issue to distract from problems like inflation, skyrocketing prices, high levels of illegal immigration and violent crime. Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio voted for the Defense of Marriage Act when it came before the House of Representatives but reconsidered the issue after one of his children came out as gay. He. A press spokesman for Portman said he will consponsor the bill in the Senate.
The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case was an Ohio man, Jim Obergefell, who objected to Ohio’s failure to recognize his same-sex marriage from Maryland and its refusal to list him as “surviving spouse” after his husband’s death. Obergefell, who is currently a state legislative candidate in Ohio, last week urged the House Judiciary Committee to safeguard gay marriage.
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