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From my city's Democrat group:
What landmark changes to Ohio law would have FAILED under Issue 1?
In just the 21st century:
Let's go further back now:
This is some great perspective on its effect, thank you.
So basically everything good in the last century wouldve failed and this law would’ve ensured Ohio would slide into the same useless bucket as Alabama on the national scale
That’s what they’re trying now. Ohio is a major state, with multiple major cities, and a long history as a swing state due to being roughly even rural/urban. Like Columbus is really queer, Cleveland is just as Great Lakes as Toronto, Detroit, and Chicago, and we’ve also got Appalachia and a lot of what you probably can’t tell isn’t rural Indiana. Add in that Columbus is a major hub for business and it’s very valuable and perceived as takable.
Man looking at some of these with the years next to them and Ohio used to be kinda based
And yeah there are other things that may desperately need to be changed about our constitution that wouldn’t clear the 60% mark even beyond abortion. Namely our constitution currently prohibits recognition of gay marriage, which while no longer an issue in the Obergefell era, may become relevant again depending on who bribes the Supreme Court.
They’re trying to force the big Cs to live at the whims of rural Ohioans despite how close the urban/rural population is