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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Lawmaker wants to give himself and fellow legislators a new power - to perform marriages. |
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By Bill Cohen - March 30, 2009 |
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A state legislator is proposing that a new group of people get the legal authority to conduct civil marriage ceremonies in Ohio: himself and his 131 fellow state legislators. State Representative Tom Letson is the author of the proposal, and he talked about it with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. |
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Rep. Tom Letson (D-Warren) with Bill Cohen (:45) 
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| Right now, only probate, county and municipal court judges and the superintendent of the state school for the deaf can perform civil marriages in Ohio. The idea is currently getting committee hearings in the legislature. The only state that allows legislators to perform marriages is California. |
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