An interesting tidbit from Crosblog
The Law of Unintended Consequences...
Ohio passes a gay marriage ban that bars "creating or recognizing a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals."
Ohio also has a domestic violence law that makes it a felony for someone with a previous domestic violence conviction to assault a family member.
Correction - that may be "had" a domestic violence law. Since "legal status for relationships..." is now barred, a judge reduced a felony assault on a repeat abuser's live-in girlfriend to a misdemeanor, finding that the new language barred giving the unmarried couple any additional benefits.
Prosecutors are appealing. From the hip analysis from someone who's never read an Ohio statute or case - call it a longshot.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
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Well then, marriage cannot be construed as a benefit or it would be illegal... thus, as marriage confers no benefit, it seems quite hard to deprive anyone of it. As it confers nothing, can the result of it be anything at all (nothing from nothing leaves nothing)...
Very strange language...
No, I think the man has just made marriage illegal: if you are already married, you're cool. Otherwise, sorry, the office has gone out of business and closed.
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