An initiative to give Ohioans the opportunity to vote on equal rights has moved forward.
On July 3, the Ohio Attorney General’s office certified that the Ohio Equal Rights Amendment had received the 1,000 valid signatures required to advance in the process to appearing on a future ballot.
If successfully placed on the ballot and approved by voters, the amendment would prohibit the Ohio legislature and local municipalities from enacting or enforcing laws or policies that would discriminate against Ohioans on the basis of race, color, creed or religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression regardless of sex assigned at birth, pregnancy status, genetic information, disease status, age, disability, recovery status, familial status, ancestry, national origin, or military and veteran status…