Statewide, Ohio voters resoundingly adopted a ban on gay marriage, and within the city there were groups who spent half a million dollars on television ads against repealing Article 12. But the mayor, a majority of the city council, the chamber of commerce and several prominent civil-rights leaders and businesses--including Procter & Gamble--supported the repeal.
Gay Rights Turnaround
While gay-marriage bans were sweeping the nation on Election Day, one city was taking a step in the opposite direction.
While gay-marriage bans were sweeping the nation on Election Day, one city was taking a step in the opposite direction. Cincinnati's voters repealed Article 12, an amendment to the city's charter which mandated that the government was not allowed to enact any law protecting homosexuals ["Chasing the Rainbow," October 2003]. The amendment had been in place for 11 years, withstanding legal challenges in the mid- 1990s. Opponents charged that it prevented gays from seeking recourse for discrimination
Statewide, Ohio voters resoundingly adopted a ban on gay marriage, and within the city there were groups who spent half a million dollars on television ads against repealing Article 12. But the mayor, a majority of the city council, the chamber of commerce and several prominent civil-rights leaders and businesses--including Procter & Gamble--supported the repeal.
Statewide, Ohio voters resoundingly adopted a ban on gay marriage, and within the city there were groups who spent half a million dollars on television ads against repealing Article 12. But the mayor, a majority of the city council, the chamber of commerce and several prominent civil-rights leaders and businesses--including Procter & Gamble--supported the repeal.
