Article: Ohioans to choose senator, justices, decide amendment State issue would ban gay marriage, civil unions

COLUMBUS -- Ohioans will pick a U.S. senator and four state Supreme Court justices Tuesday, and decide whether to change the state constitution to ban certain legal benefits going to unmarried couples.

State Issue One is a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions and prohibit government from extending some legal rights to unmarried couples -- gay and straight.

If it passes, it'll be one of the most restrictive and far- reaching measures against gay marriage in the country, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

It could also take away legal rights enjoyed by unmarried couples now, such as inheritance, property rights, hospital visits and maternity leave, ...

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