Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2012.001.047 |
Object Name |
Button, Political |
Collection |
Bill Cohen Collection |
Title |
Freedom to Marry |
Date |
2012 |
Description |
Round white button with the words, "FREEDOM / TO MARRY" followed by a blue image of state of Ohio. |
Dimensions |
Dia-2.25 inches |
Material |
Metal |
Notes |
Gay rights activists pushed for a ballot issue that would reverse Ohio's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Some gay rights groups disagreed, believing it was too soon to push for a reversal. |
Provenance |
Bill Cohen, a long-time Ohio Statehouse News Bureau reporter, donated a collection of political memorabilia and ephemera to the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board in 2012. The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board took over the care of the Statehouse and its collections in 1988. |
Search Terms |
Heart Ohio Ohio Constitutional amendments |
Subjects |
Gay marriage Marriage |