WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge announced Friday he would expand upon his previous ruling narrowing Ohio's ban on gay marriage, requiring the state to recognize marriages performed out of state.
Judge Timothy Black ruled back in February that Ohio must recognize out-of-state gay marriages on death certificates. But attorney Al Gerhardstein -- who is representing three Cincinnati lesbian couples suing to have their names put on the birth certificates of their children -- has since amended his request to include all out-of-state marriages, not just in the case of the death of one of the spouses.