Ohio Judge Grants Gay Couple Divorce

A gay couple that tied the knot in New York last year received a divorce by a private judge in Columbus, Ohio, last week the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Judge Donald Cox granted Jonathan Baize, 31, and Stephen Wissman, 31, a divorce after a short hearing. The two men married in New York last September but later decided to end their relationship.

In 2008 New York Gov. David Paterson made marriages from other jurisdictions valid about a year and a half before Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed same-sex marriage into law in June 2011.

Ohio does not recognize marriage equality as voters approved an amendment that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions in the state in 2004. Baize and Wissman’s divorce is one of the first cases of its kind to be approved by Ohio.

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