Double Edged Sword II

I meant to post this last week, but for a second time the Ohio Marriage amendment was cited by a judge in disallowing that state's domestic violence law to be used in cases of violence between unmarried couples.

LGBT activists spent a lot before the measure pointing out the amendment would cause things like this to occur. 'Nonsense', said the people sponsoring the amendments.

The LGBT activists hope that the effect the amendment has on common-law married couples will cause people to rethink it, but I'm not too convinced. Aside from criminal laws, which they will get the legislature to tweak individually, the people who promoted the amendment don't /want/ common-law benefits to go to unmarried couples. Penalties are okay.