MORE ON OHIO MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATUTE: From 365Gay.com

A county prosecutor is appealing a judge's ruling that unmarried people cannot be prosecuted for domestic violence because of a new law banning gay marriage. ...

In Cuyahoga County, dozens of cases have been thrown out. In Athens and Columbus, prosecutors have said they won't change the way domestic violence cases are handled. "The purpose of (the amendment) was to prevent gay marriage and civil unions," Hutzel said in a statement. "The purpose of the domestic violence laws are to provide additional protections to victims of violence from relatives or intimate partners. These are different concepts, and there is no reason that both goals should be seen to be in conflict."

In one case, a Cuyahoga County judge cited the amendment in reducing a felony domestic violence charge to a misdemeanor assault charge.

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