LGBTQ+ couples can adopt, but GOP rejects updating Ohio law to note that
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Although it is legal in Ohio for LGBTQ+ couples to adopt, some GOP legislators want the state law to only acknowledge the adoption rights of heterosexual couples.
A dispute over a single line in the 2,057-page state budget bill â passed by the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday â has some civil rights advocates frustrated as they continue urging the enactment of an anti-discrimination law in this state.