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[theweaselking]

Ohio defense attorneys point out that state anti-gay amendment constitutionally exempts couples, hetereosexual or homosexual, from domestic abuse charges.

The constitutional amendment took effect on December first. It denies *all* legal status to unmarried couples.

In at least two cases last week, the Cuyahoga County public defender's office has asked a judge to dismiss domestic-violence charges against unmarried defendants. The attorneys in the two cases argue that the charges violate the amendment by affording marriage-like legal status to unmarried victims who live with the people accused of attacking them.

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[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

I had a gut feeling about consequences like that.

[ex-cerebrate131.livejournal.com]

One trusts the judge, or at least the prosecutor, will point out that it's every bit as illegal to attack random unrelated people, too.