OH: Lawsuit Against Cleveland Domestic Partner Registry Proceeding

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in support of the city of Cleveland in a lawsuit brought by an anti-gay group attempting to strip away the newly enacted domestic partnership registry for same-sex couples and their families. The brief was filed in the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District.

"To suggest to same-sex couples and their families that a domestic partnership registry somehow resembles marriage is preposterous. The domestic partnership law in Cleveland and the state constitutional amendment barring same-sex couples from marriage are not in conflict with each other," said Christopher Clark, senior staff attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office based in Chicago.

"We hope this court will rule as other courts across the country have ruled and dismiss this mean-spirited attack on same-sex couples and their families."

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