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Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize out-of-state gay marriage

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By AMANDA LEE MYERS

Associated Press

CINCINNATI – A federal judge has ordered Ohio authorities to recognize the marriages of gay couples performed in other states.

Judge Timothy Black’s ruling today criticized the state’s “ongoing arbitrary discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.”

He says the state’s marriage recognition bans are unconstitutional and unenforceable.