Federal judge rules Ohio must recognize same-sex marriage on death certificates

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] on Monday that Ohio must recognize valid out-of-state marriages between same-sex couples on Ohio death certificates. The order also extends to marriages not authorized or validly performed under Ohio law, such as marriages between first cousins, marriages of certain minors and common law marriages. The court stated that by treating lawful same-sex marriages differently than it treats lawful opposite sex marriages,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/federal-judge-rules-Ohio-must-recognize-same-sex-marriage-on-death-certificates.php

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