CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) – Civil rights attorneys have filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down Ohio’s gay marriage ban and to allow same-sex couples to marry in the state.
This article has been updated to reflect that the lawsuit has been filed.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Cincinnati on behalf of six gay Ohio couples who say they’re in love and want to get married.
Attorney General Mike DeWine has said he will continue to defend the gay marriage ban passed overwhelmingly by Ohio voters in 2004.
The law firm is the same one that filed a lawsuit in February, leading a judge to order Ohio to recognize out-of-state same sex marriages.
That April 14 order, which is on hold pending appeal, stopped short of forcing Ohio to allow gay couples to wed in the state.