Suit Asks Ohio To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages On Birth Certificates

A suit was filed by three couples on Monday in an Ohio federal district court to require state officials to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed elsewhere when issuing birth certificates. The complaint (full text) in Henry v. Wymyslo, (SD OH, filed 2/10/2014) alleges that state and local health department officials will permit only one parent from married same-sex couples to be listed on the birth certificate of their children. It continues:

Plaintiffs challenge this unequal treatment as unconstitutional. These same Defendants were recently ordered to recognize valid out-of state marriages between same-sex couples on death certificates..... The reasoning from that case compels recognition of same-sex marriages on birth certificates.

Cincinnati Enquirer reports on the filing of the lawsuit.