Cleveland Approves Resolution Supporting Marriage Equality In Ohio
- By
- On Top Magazine Staff
- | April 23, 2015
The Cleveland City Council has approved a resolution supporting marriage equality in Ohio.
The resolution was favored by 14 of the council's 16 members.
Councilman Joe Cimperman spoke in favor of passage.
“We're a city that recently held the Gay Games,” Cimperman told colleagues, “and showed everyone across the planet, from Paris to Zurich to San Francisco, why we're a welcoming city. This resolution follows in line with that, in terms of our social justice heritage.”
Other Ohio cities which have approved similar non-binding resolutions include Cincinnati, Columbus and Athens.
In November, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overturned a lower court's ruling striking down Ohio's restrictive marriage ban as unconstitutional. Plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, which will hear the case Tuesday, with a ruling expected in June.