Feminist law prof Marc Spindelman has published commentary (linked below) about a case, Ohio v. Carswell, that the Ohio Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear which involves a challenge to the state’s domestic violence law under Ohio’s recently-enacted (anti-gay) Marriage Amendment. Spindelman asserts that the case illustrates the deep connections, widely overlooked, between sex equality and lesbian and gay rights, and argues that a victory here for women’s rights is going to be a setback for cultural conservatives, hence also a victory for lesbians and gay men, including those who are domestically abused. Entitled “The Honeymoon’s Over: Cultural Conservatives Stumble Legally in Campaign to Ban Same-Sex Marriage,” it appears in the 6/12/06 issue of Legal Times and can be read here.
NB: If your interest in the issue is piqued by Spindelman’s excellent essay, Lamda Legal’s amicus brief filed in the lower court proceeding is accessible here.
