COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio LGBTQ+ advocates will soon start collecting signatures for their equal rights proposals as the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review their same-sex marriage decision.

It's been 10 years since SCOTUS decided in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry, which legalized same-sex marriage across the country — including Ohio.

But in the state constitution, "Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized."

This means that if the justices overturn Obergefell, same-sex marriage would be illegal in Ohio once again.

"Some people hear equal rights and think, 'Well, I already have all my rights. I have what I need,'" Lis Regula with Ohio Equal Rights (OER) said. "That's not necessarily the case f

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