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Women in Columbus, Ohio, gain the right to go topless. [269] The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act requires the United States Sentencing Commission to increase the penalties for hate crimes committed on the basis of the actual or perceived gender, race, color, religion, national origin, or ethnicity of any person.
The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
After 30 years of advocacy efforts by the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and Ohio rape crisis organizations, Ohio is one step closer to eliminating the spousal rape exemption with a near ...
Ohio passed the amendment to the state’s constitution also in 2004 that reads, “Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its ...
Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.
The most common forms of quasi-legal divorce are the Islamic forms of divorce known as the talaq and its less well-regulated version of triple talaq, and the form of divorce in Judaism known as the get which is regulated by the Beth Din. [2] Unlike the talaq, the process to obtain a get must occur at a specific place and with specified documents.
Divorce is an unfortunate reality of life, as many marriages simply don’t stand the test of time. Financial issues following a divorce doesn’t have to be the reality, though. To avoid money ...
In December 1998, the Columbus City Council approved benefits for domestic partners, then two months later unanimously repealed them after residents threatened a referendum. [2] On July 30, 2012, the Columbus City Council approved benefits for domestic partners. It went into effect on August 29, 2012. [3]