Ohio Judge Refuses To Divorce Lesbian Couple

Posted on September 4th, 2012 by Patrice Denman

Ohio Judge Refuses To Divorce Lesbian Couple |    A Franklin County judge refused to divorce a lesbian couple, citing Ohio’s 2004 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Jim Mason ruled that he could not divorce Laura Christina Thompson and Evangeline Grace Roller because their union had no legal effect in Ohio — though the …