Ohio domestic violence

What happened with the decision today on dom violence, Ohio??

July 25

Ohio’s domestic violence laws do not conflict with its ban on same-sex marriage, the State Supreme Court --

In a 6-to-1 decision, justices rejected an argument that the domestic violence law was unenforceable in cases involving unmarried couples because it refers to them as living together “as a spouse.”

Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer wrote that lawmakers included many groups under the domestic violence law, and that describing people’s living arrangements was not the same as creating a law approximating marriage.

The same-sex marriage ban prohibited the government from creating any such approximation.

The case was being closely watched around the country for the precedent it could set affecting a dozen similarly worded laws.

The decision came in the case of Michael Carswell of Warren County, who was accused of assaulting his live-in female companion.

Mr. Carswell argued that the section of law under which he was charged conflicted with the marriage amendment.

Twenty-seven states have constitutional language defining marriage as between a man and a woman, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.