May 20, 2005
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 11
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Wednesday, June 8
Pride Spirit Alive, Cincinnati Pride interfaith service, 7:30 pm, the Dock, 603 West Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, 513-591-0200, www.prideisalive.com.
Thursday, June 9
Glitter Ball Pageant, competition is part of Cincinnati's Pride Alive festivities, 8 pm, the Dock, 603 West Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, 513-591-0200, www.prideisalive.com.
Nebraska
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Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union's Gay and Lesbian Rights Project, and a number of LGBT couples who argued that the amendment barred them from legal protections taken for granted by married heterosexuals.
Same-sex marriage foes are using the ruling as fodder in their campaign to push for a federal amendment like the Nebraska one. Such a measure would trump Bataillon's ruling.
"The traditional institution of marriage now is clearly in need of federal protection, now more than ever," said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. "This ruling is a vivid reminder that opponents of traditional marriage have not given up their effort to overturn the will of the people."
Lambda Legal attorney David Buckel countered Cornyn's statement.
"These folks didn't get marriage, they didn't even get domestic partnership benefits," Buckel said. "All they got was the right to go to their own elected officials and ask for domestic partnership benefits."
"If what this decision means is that we've restored the democratic process, why is that so scary?" Buckel concluded.
Friday, June 10
Cincinnati Pride Rally on Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine downtown, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, 513-591-0200; http://prideisalive.com/. Glitter Ball Dance Party, part of Pride Alive, 11 pm, Hamburger Mary's, 911 Vine Street, Cincinnati, 513-591-0200, www.prideis alive.com.
Nebraska passed its constitutional marriage ban amendment in 2000, the third state to do so. Today there are 18 state with such measures. Eleven of them also bar recognition of other relationships, with varying degrees of broadness.
The Ohio Constitution's Article 15, Section 11, passed last November as Issue 1, is as far-reaching as Nebraska's ban.
Nebraska's Section 29 reads, "Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska. The uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar samesex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska."
Ohio's version begins, “Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions." Then it adds: "This state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage."
Judge Bataillon's ruling affects only the Nebraska amendment.
The Ohio amendment is already causing disputes as an increasing number of judges here have ruled that it removes domestic violence protections for unmarried couples, whether same-sex or opposite-sex.
Saturday, June 11
Cincinnati Youth Group Pancake Breakfast, part of Cincinnati's Pride Alive festivities, 9 am, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft, Cincinnati, 513591-0200, www.prideisalive.com,
www.cygteens.org.
Glitter Ball Tournament, drag whiffle-ball game, part of Cincinnati's Pride Alive festivities, applications, fees and rules contact Billy Jones at patrinibybilly@aol.com or 513-3074838, 513-591-0200, www.prideisalive.com. Cincinnati Gay Pride Festival, in Northside's Hoffner Park Saturday 4-11 pm and Sunday 17 pm; 513-591-0200, www.prideisalive.com. Sunday, June 12
Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade and Festival, pep rally Sunday 11 am at Burnet Woods followed by 1 pm parade to Hoffner Park where weekend festival continues to 7 pm; 513-5910200, www.prideisalive.com.
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Massachusetts since May 17, 2004. About two-thirds of these are lesbian couples.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in November 2003 that it was unconstitutional to deny them access to marriage. It delayed the ruling's effect for six months.
Fourteen amendments have been passed by other states to bar same-sex marriages since the Massachusetts ruling took effect, joining four already in place. But many other proposed state amendments have failed to make it past legislators.
Connecticut last month passed a civil union law. Unlike Vermont and Massachusetts, the state's recognition of same-sex couples was
Friday, June 17
A Matter of Pride, 11th annual LGBT social services conference, this year's theme is "Aging in the GLBT Community," keynote speaker is Dr. Margaret Cruikshank, registration required by June 3, Younkin Success Center, Ohio State University, 1640 Neil Ave, Columbus, 614-260-9896, www.geocities.com/ amopconference/index.html.
Saturday, June 18
Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, parade lines up at 11:30 am at location TBAy, steps off at 1 pm and goes to festival 2-8 pm in Voinovich Park on Lake Erie at north end of East 9th St, 216-371-0214, www.clevelandpride.org.
Dayton Pride March and Rally, parade assembles 11 am at Cooper Park, 3rd and St. Clair, marches at noon to festival at Courthouse Square, Main and Third Sts. downtown; www.daytonpride.org, 937-274-1776 pridedayton@aol.com.
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not in response to a court mandate. A California domestic partner law very similar to civil unions took effect in January, while Maine and New Jersey also passed partner laws last year.
And on May 14, the Democratic Party in Massachusetts officially endorsed the Supreme Judicial Court decision allowing same-sex marriage.
The party's candidates for governor, Attorney General Tom Reilly and former federal civil rights enforcer Deval Patrick, staked out political terrain as they addressed the delegates at the Democratic convention.
"There are lots of other issues for us to deal with than a death penalty we don't have and gay marriage, which the Supreme Judicial Court has said is legal," said Patrick, who was President Clinton's chief civil rights enforcer.
Reilly originally opposed gay marriage but now says it's time for the state to move on.
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