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Ohio Freedom to Marry Amendment (2015)

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A Ohio Freedom to Marry Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. If approved by voters, the measure would have done the following:[1]

  • Allowed two consenting adults to enter into marriage regardless of gender
  • Defined religious house of worship as one where the primary activity is religious worship
  • Provided that no house of worship be required to perform a marriage
  • Provided that all legally valid marriages be treated equally under the law

Text of measure

Ballot summary

The ballot summary was as follows:[1]

“ The proposed amendment would repeal and replace Section 11 to Article XV of the Constitution to:
  1. Allow two consenting adults not nearer of kin than second cousins, and not having a husband or wife living, the freedom to enter into a marriage regardless of gender;
  2. Define religious house of worship as one where the primary activity is religious worship and provides that no house of worship or its clergy shall be required to perform a marriage;
  3. Provide that all legally valid marriages shall be treated equally under the law.[2]
 ”

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio

Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. If the initiative's filing was approved, petitioners would have then needed to collect 305,591 signatures by July 1, 2015, to get the initiative placed on the November 2015 ballot.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ohio Secretary of State, "Pending Statewide Ballot Issues," accessed February 18, 2015
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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