A grassroots organization called Ohio Equal Rights is collecting signatures for two proposed amendments. One of those amendments, The Ohio Equal Rights Amendment, aims to protect all Ohioans from discrimination. The other, the Ohio Right to Marry Amendment, would protect same-sex marriage rights if those were overturned at the federal level.

Ohio and Washington tied fourth in the nation for having the most anti-LGBTQ+ incidents last year with 50, according to a new report from GLAAD, a LGBTQ+ advocacy organization.

Ohio Equal Rights has started collecting signatures to get two amendments on the November ballot — one to get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage in the Ohio Constitution and the other to bolster discrimination protections.

A week after launching a statewide campaign to place two equal rights-related constitutional amendments on Ohio’s November 2026 ballot, organizers say they are feeling positive about the signature-collection process in front of them.

by Lexi Lepof for NBC4 More than a decade since same-sex marriage was legalized, the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case, Ohioan Jim Obergefell, says the right is at risk. Advocates want the chance to ask Ohio voters to protect it. “I did not expect ten years later to be worried about Obergefell being overturned,” Obergefell said. The man behind the historic case is backing a push to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot in Ohio. The “Oh

by Jo Ingles for Statehouse News Bureau Backers of amendments banning discrimination and protecting same-sex marriage said they’re pleased with the progress they're making to put them before Ohio voters this fall. And they said they’re pleasantly surprised by the responses they’re getting in some areas of the state. Petitions are being circulated for two amendments. One would overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in the state law and the voter-approved constitutional amendmen