"MCP"  wrote in message
news:5q91e.7742$IH3.7699{at}fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005503240351
>
> CLEVELAND - Domestic violence charges cannot be filed against unmarried
> people because of Ohio's recently enacted definition of marriage, a judge
> ruled Wednesday.
>
> Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Stuart Friedman changed a felony
domestic
> violence charge against Frederick Burk to a misdemeanor assault charge
> because of the state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
>
> Judges and others have been waiting for a ruling on how the gay marriage
ban
> would affect Ohio's 25-year-old domestic violence law, which has not been
> limited to married people.
>
> Friedman's ruling is the first high-profile one in the state among several
> similar requests to overturn domestic violence charges. Prosecutors
> immediately appealed.
>
> Friedman said the ruling applies specifically to this case, but advocates
> said they believe appeals likely will reach the state Supreme Court.
>
> Burk, 42, of Cleveland, is accused of slapping and pushing his live-in
> girlfriend during an argument over a pack of cigarettes.

That's not even violence  lol A slap and a push is nothing, get over it
haha

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