Last December Timothy Black, a judge at the Federal District level in Ohio, ruled that if a same-sex couple got married out of state the death certificate in Ohio must identify them as married. He didn't rule any more than that because that was all he was asked.
Black is back with another ruling. Ohio must recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. He didn't issue a stay, but this isn't a case where gay couples are ready to dash to the courthouse. State officials will likely ask the 6th Circuit Court for a stay and an appeal.
This makes the 6th Circuit the only one where all its states -- Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee -- have appealed to it with marriage equality cases.
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