The American Family Association of Ohio, represented by constitutional attorney David Langdon, filed a friend of the court brief asking the court to uphold Judge Rogers decision denying the name change on the basis of the policy favoring solemnized marriage in Ohio statutes. The Twelfth District Court clearly understood the real issues involved in this case, and made the right decision, said AFA of Ohio State Director Barry Sheets. The appellants arguments, especially that homosexual pairings were being singled out in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution, were found to be without merit. Granting two lesbians an official state authorized name change would contravene this policy. I think the Court said it best Sheets also added when they stated that though recently courts may be less inclined to speak of the sanctity of marriage, it remains a basic social institution of the highest type and importance, in which society at large has a vital interest.
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