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Ohio Senate Approves Gay-Marriage Ban NewsMax.com WiresCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a measure banning same-sex marriages and prohibiting state employees from getting benefits for domestic partners. The bill, passed by the state Senate 18-15, is considered among the most far-reaching of its kind in the nation because of the benefits ban. The Ohio House has already approved the bill and Gov. Bob Taft has said he will sign it, pending a legal review. The measure says same-sex marriages are "against the strong public policy of the state," and aims to counter a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to recognize marriages from other states in most circumstances. Thirty-seven states have passed laws recognizing marriage as a sacrament between men and women. Ohio is the second state, after Nebraska, that would prohibit benefits for state employees' unmarried partners, said Seth Kilbourn, national field director for the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based gay and lesbian lobbying group.
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